Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. David Duffy:
I thank the Senator for her question. We need support inside and outside the education setting and we need CPD. In a quote from a European Commission report a few years ago, a lecturer stated that a student emailed them 11 days on one day because the student had nobody else to talk to. That is the day-to-day reality with which staff in education settings are dealing. They need support.