Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the fact the Minister will look for more funding. A long time ago the guidance counsellor was not included as a normal, run-of-the-mill teacher in a school. With our country hopefully now taking off, children will need the best guidance possible. I know from talking to guidance counsellors that there are problems throughout the country and they do not get the time to see all their students. Will the Minister give this priority as we are talking about the future of kids? Many kids go through traumatic experiences such as self-harm and they deserve us facilitating them as we did in secondary schools before 2011.

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