Dr. Joseph Duffy:

That is a good question. The My World Survey was developed in conjunction with the school of psychology in UCD. We first published it in 2012 and did another cohort in 2019. As has been referred to this morning, it showed a negative picture regarding those young people who are struggling. The Deputy asked about looking at what is behind that. The positive side is the reduced stigma in terms of young people able to talk about mental health and access supports. That is a positive thing. That is potentially reflected in young people being more aware and able to say they feel down, worried or stressed. It is a good thing that they are telling us about those things.

That is important in what we do with that data. There is a sense of increased stress among students, particularly young female students and young female pupils in schools. They are the biggest cohort coming to Jigsaw. There has been a significant change over the past five years. We traditionally saw about 56% female and 44% male. That has changed to approximately 70%-30%. That can be seen in third level.

The following is one of the things that makes a difference in trying to support young people, particularly thinking about young men. It does not mean when more young women are coming that mental health is equally divided between genders, because it is not. How it is expressed certainty is not equally divided. It is thinking about resources in third level, how they will be accessed and how to provide that level of support. Useful in further developing that is providing anonymous support, 50808 text support and the live chat we do in Jigsaw. It is looking at a range of supports that will help people.