Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 June 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for Children

Dr. Carmel Corrigan:

Can I make two very quick final points? Ireland in some ways is an outlier in the European context, or even the global context, in relation to not providing these services in schools. There are excellent examples of good practice in this area across the world. I would point to Denmark in particular. We know that the Scandinavians always lead the way on some of these things but the Australian and New Zealand models are also excellent, with multiple counsellors and social workers as part of-----