Chris Andrews (Dublin Bay South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am sure we will all acknowledge the unbelievably important role sport plays in mental health for thousands of people, young and old, throughout this country. With the suspension of sport under different levels of Covid-19 restrictions, the support sport gives to the mental health of so many has vanished overnight. What was a mental health crisis pre-Covid is now a mental health emergency. What provisions are being put in place for the many across the sporting community who have watched as the most basic of mental health supports have vanished? What supports have the Minister of State and his Department sought to put in place for participants through organisations such as Sport Ireland?

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