Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Young Social Innovators: Discussion

Mr. Darragh Rawson:

Once a person is brought in to talk it will take a while for people to go to them but once they are in the school and people have made relationships and start saying, "They are great to talk to", then people will start visiting them and it will make a difference. When people know that everything said is confidential and they can get help, it will make a difference. Still even at that, if you were going to visit them, you would not want anyone to know that you are there. If I was to visit them, I would not like anyone else to know just in case. I am not saying you are going to get slagged but you could get slagged because people will wonder why you are there. If your visit and what was said were completely confidential it would make a big difference in schools.