Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion

Mr. John Curtis:

It has. What we have found having talked to people who work in schools is that first-year students seem to be socially a little bit behind where they might have been so one will have an exacerbation of problems as we move through the system. I hope that the situation will settle. Personnel at school level are marvellous in trying to make up for these deficiencies in the manner in which they engage with the pupils. Most schools now have care teams comprised of caring individuals from within the school community so a lot is being done. Certainly this has highlighted the importance of schools in the first instance.