Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)

Professor James O'Higgins Norman:

It is both. The audit is with regard to the document itself as a guiding document for how schools would tackle bullying and cyberbullying. As I also said, we recommend further fieldwork with principals to try to understand why schools would find it difficult to implement the action plan and procedures. There is a need for field work with schools as well as auditing the overall national document.