Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education

Ms Maureen Murray:

Jigsaw also has an online service, which was launched recently. We have a whole new department. We provide a live webchat, which is super. We have group chats once a week in which various topics are discussed and also an email service. Therefore, we have moved into that domain and it is proving very useful.

The Senator asked about the number of schools. We have 147 schools currently engaged in the One Good School programme. Those 147 schools are all in Jigsaw service areas. We have 14 service areas, one of which I am glad to say is in County Roscommon, and we have one in County Galway.