Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Donnelly for raising this issue. He is quite right. There was a protest outside Leinster House on Tuesday. There is an action plan, which will be published very shortly. The action plan will not relate only to mental health. It has to relate to educational prospects, to prospects for apprenticeships and to education and social protection. All of those key factors exacerbate the challenges Travellers have in regard to their mental health. I hope this will be published before the summer recess. That is what I am trying to do, for my part.

It is a cross-departmental report but it is important that it is published soon.

In December, when I had the allocation of €10 million in relation to mental health, €365,000 was allocated to Travellers' mental health. Last year, through the National Office for Suicide Prevention, NOSP, €270,000 was also allocated to support Travellers' mental health.

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