Seanad debates
Thursday, 27 February 2003
Suicide Incidence: Statements.
I visited this group two Tuesdays ago with a Member of the other House. Within that group I could see one or two guys very close to the edge. We must really associate, and begin to concentrate on, the kind of positive male role models in many working class communities. There are many communities where you do not see a man at all. Some 75% of all teachers in our national schools are women. In many circumstances, because of the high number of one-parent families, fathers are not around the place. There is no positive male role model.
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