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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: And as early as possible at primary school level, before secondary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Those recommendations were in the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Ms Moran. That is crucial. A secondary school in my town recently joined the DEIS programme as well. It is crucial that we get all services delivered. I have two final questions. The first is for Dr. Muldoon. The Department of Health established the national youth mental health task force in 2017. Dr. Muldoon might be able to describe the efforts to engage with relevant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I might just read out a question from Senator Flynn that she passed on to me. In the note, she apologises for her absence today. She is speaking at the national Traveller mental health conference in Croke Park, so cannot be here. She notes: This week is college awareness week, and students across the country are planning their paths to college as we speak. Unfortunately, only 1% of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Ms Tara Kelly, clerk of the committee, who has just reminded me that it was Ms Sarah Stockham, clinical lead, Dorset mental health support team, who attended the committee on 8 November. In their final statements I ask each of the witnesses to give us one key recommendation they believe would make a significant difference to mental health supports in our schools, both primary and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: And also to have some fun.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: So, we need a new title. In her submission, Ms Moran spoke about one good adult, which is an unusual term. One would assume that in a child's life there would be a few people but I suppose this refers to a trusted person to whom they can speak in confidence and in a safe space. As she said, libraries provide a safe space and we should expand that within our school libraries. Space is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: It may be about looking at how we open that up. I thank the witnesses and I appreciate them giving their time to the committee today. We should invite Mr. Kelly to set up a garden in the Oireachtas. We would benefit greatly from growing our own vegetables and eating well, although I suppose we eat well in our canteen here. We also have a wonderful library here. Today's discussion has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Yes. It would be great to tie in food growing with other programmes, particularly the Sport Ireland programme. Sport Ireland has a programme called Marathonkids, which was rolled out, particularly in vulnerable areas. Marathonkids, over five or six weeks, shows children in fifth and sixth class in primary school how to run a marathon and they do 100 m or 200 m. There is also a food plan...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I also offer my condolences to Bridget Doody on her loss. I want to thank the students who have joined us. I hope that they are enjoying their day in Leinster House. It is great to see. It is great to see that we are engaging with some of the businesses in our communities. The Minister of State, Deputy English, attended a public meeting on businesses to highlight supports in the budget...

Seanad: Private Nursing Home Sector: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome her to the House, along with the councillors who are present. We also have representatives from Ballinasloe who are part of that group, Séamus and Cathal, who have joined us and represent business groups in Ballinasloe. The HSE came to the fore during the Covid crisis to support nursing homes with personal protective equipment for staff and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I pass on my sympathies and deep condolences on the very sad news of the loss of Vicky Phelan. Last week, we saw the mid-term elections in the US and a groundswell of support for candidates who stood up for the democratic and electoral process. They stood up for women's choice. One of those candidates has ancestral links with my home town of Ballinasloe - Béal Átha na Sluaighe. I...

Seanad: Forestry: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House for this debate. I got to hear some of her speech. I understand there are no copies of her opening statement available, which is funny given that we are talking about trees, timber and paper. If we are not going to be provided with paper copies of speeches, perhaps they could be emailed to us when the opening statement is made. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank all the witnesses. There is a wide range of expertise before the committee. Regarding young people's mental health, we hear it the whole time in our schools that children are not communicating the way they used to pre-Covid. We are hearing from teachers, principals and parents that there is an impact. It is great that we have a lot of our school activities back and people are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Fantastic. My apologies, so it was not just solely the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: It was only just launched, was it not? Do we have any numbers yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: That is crucial. Action is also required in the context of addiction supports. Say for example, in Ballinasloe we have a Day Hospital but our addiction supports only apply if a person has alcohol addiction with mental health issues. I know we are speaking about mental health but we also have many young people who have addiction as their primary issue. If a person is diagnosed and their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: CHO west.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: That is great. I hope we will all get invites.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Yes.