Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education

Mr. Ian Power:

It is an amazing thing they do. We had a volunteers' celebration in Dublin last night. It was wonderful to thank them in person for what they do for their peers. We will soon be launching that service on WhatsApp so it will be available to young people who live in rural areas where the SMS signal is not great but who may have access to a broadband connection. That will increase accessibility for them. There are lots of things we could be doing. It would be great if some of the platforms that are headquartered here could support us more to reach people.