Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Emer Smyth:

We need to provide them with academic supports but also socio-emotional supports because that feeds into mental health. Socio-emotional well-being, more broadly than mental health, is worse in urban DEIS schools.