Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Young Social Innovators: Discussion
Mr. Darragh Rawson:
When we spoke on "The Ryan Tubridy Show", we received a significant response after the show aired. We have had two radio interviews on South East Radio and have had numerous articles about us appear in our local newspapers and online. We were delighted to receive €1,000 from YSI Den, which we spent hiring and designing a billboard on Main Street in Gorey raising awareness for our project. Senator Casey invited us to the Dáil in May to meet the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, about our project and the effect this issue was having on the mental health of young people in Ireland, particularly the concerning rise in eating disorders among both young males and females.