Results 2,001-2,020 of 17,012 for speaker:Paul Kehoe
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I remind members to ensure mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment of the Houses, even if on silent mode. Are the minutes of the meeting of 22 November agreed? Agreed. We will have two sessions today. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Áine Lynch, CEO of the National Parents Council Primary, NPCP; Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Senator Flynn is next, followed by Senator Pauline O'Reilly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: As an acting principal in a school, how beneficial does Ms McAlea find parental involvement and giving parents access to psychotherapy services? I do not want to talk about the deprivation in a specific area of Limerick or what people there have been through, as we have all seen that in recent years. I spoke to a member of staff of the school on a recent visit to the Technological...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: How many kids are attending CAMHS in Ms McAlea's school, if she has that figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: What is the waiting list for CAMHS at the moment in the area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: When kids in Ms McAlea's school move on to post-primary, do the services follow them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I want to ask Mr Rolston a very quick question. With the move from primary to post-primary does he find there are both needs and challenges, and that there might be more services in primary that are a little different at post-primary?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I am struck by what was said about the whole-school community being involved in the church. That is fantastic because it is what a school is about. Whether they believe or do not believe is for people to decide for themselves, but it is important to have the whole-school community and the wider community involved. I commend the witness on that. Does Deputy Conway-Walsh have any questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I am going to allow two minutes. We have another session after this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I told one of the teachers we met when we visited the Technological University of the Shannon - I cannot think of his name - that it would be fantastic for the committee to go to Moyross to see the model they have there. The teacher in question told me that they have fantastic school, community supports, etc. I said that what is happening there should be happening in a lot of other places.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: How it came about was that I was talking about the Technological University of the Shannon being so involved in the local schools.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Annie Sheppard, Mr. Darragh Rawson and Ms Molly Hynes from Coláiste Bhríd in Wicklow. I also welcome Mr. Ryan Sharpe and Ms Tami O'Leary from the Cork Life Centre and Mr. Hugh Ahern from the Patrician Academy in County Cork. Most of the witnesses have appeared before the committee at this stage. Ms O'Leary is a new recruit, and I think the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I thank all of the students for their opening statements. The first member to speak is Senator Aisling Dolan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I thank Ms Lynch. I call Mr. Rolston.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I thank the witnesses for attending. This has been a very important and productive discussion. This is ongoing work within the committee. The witnesses' contributions will feed greatly into the committee's report. Given that we have representatives from the primary schools with us, I wish to mention one matter. It is not often we do this but we will do it because of the tragedy that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Go ahead and put your question now.