Written answers

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Department of Health

Suicide Prevention

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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626. To ask the Minister for Health if all front-line staff working the public health system and related voluntary agencies receive suicide prevention training such as the HSE's SafeTALK suicide alertness for everyone half-day training programme or its equivalent; if suicide prevention training is mandatory across the public health system and related voluntary bodies; and, if not, his plans to make such training mandatory with the provision of a refresher online course available to staff to be completed every three years thereafter. [45653/17]

Photo of Jim DalyJim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

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