Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the training of probationary and full-time members of An Garda Síochána on suicide prevention and postvention. [30722/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that training in relation to suicide is incorporated into Student Garda training during both Phase I and Phase III of the Student Garda training programme and has been provided to full-time members in certain modules of the Continuous Professional Development Core Programme. The lectures and classes undertaken by Student Gardaí provide an overview of suicide and allow students to take part in role play situations that will prepare them for dealing with such occurrences. Numerous lectures and classes are dedicated to this topic and trainees are taught how to respond to specific situations and engage with those who are or may be suicidal.