Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party)
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With the indulgence of the Chair, I will note that this was raised as a point across the board in our session before the last one. The point was well raised that the first point of contact is the teacher. On the fear that teachers might have that service might not be available, it is similar to raising an issue regarding sexual assault. If a teacher feels that there is nowhere to send a person, I can understand why he or she might be really concerned about opening the floodgates if he or she does not have a background in that area or the education required to deal with it.