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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I am really impressed with the scheme and I would love more schools to adopt such a programme. Well done. I know that Ms Hynes has been very involved in trying to promote and develop new programmes as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Yes. I think Mr. Ahern mentioned a programme that focused on the transition from primary to secondary school, which is an area that I am interested in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: When fourth-year students do this programme does it change how they think? Does it result in people being more considerate and have a greater understanding that people go through difficult times? Does the programme increase awareness of one's friends and students even if they are in different years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Maybe people realise that is part of everything we do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: One can take action if one notices something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Very good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Mr. Ahern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: And put oneself in someone else's shoes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Do you find in Cork Life Centre sometimes that things can happen organically or naturally and it helps to have a little structure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Between different years, for example, between first year and third year, there can be a world of difference. The leaving certificate is a totally different world for the poor first year coming in, probably. Are there things like that that work well in Cork Life Centre? Maybe Ryan could give some examples. I think he said things just happen naturally in Cork Life Centre. Maybe his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: They all come together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Fantastic. There you go - role models. I thank the witnesses. I thank Ryan and Tami.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: When something has been identified one is able to act.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome our guests from TII. We met Mr. Walsh in Athlone. He is a big campaigner for cycleways and one of my great passions is the Galway to Dublin cycleway, which is progressing. The bridge is being built and the sections of it that have been put in place are beautiful. I look forward to it being opened and to the next section being added. Are there any timelines on the final section...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: The public private partnership.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: There will, therefore, be a renegotiation at that time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: It is about how it would be managed. It is obviously crucial because we need that motorway for industry and investment, which I am fighting for in the town of Ballinasloe. I am fighting to get companies into our Industrial Development Authority, IDA, business park. The commuters who come into Ballinasloe and go to work in Athlone, Galway or Dublin are using the motorway. A lot of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: That is very good. It is wonderful to hear. I thank the Chair so much. I will ask one final question if I may. My colleague mentioned a number of projects. I was there in October of last year outside of Tulsk when we were looking at the N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge project. It was very difficult come March to hear that the company that won the tender at that time had gone into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Right.