Written answers

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Department of Health

Traveller Community

Photo of Mary ButlerMary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a national audit of Traveller suicide and consider resourcing a national targeted suicide prevention campaign for Travellers as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42998/19]

Photo of Jim DalyJim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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The National Office for Suicide Prevention in the HSE has responsibility for the implementation of Connecting for Life, Ireland's National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Members of the Traveller community are considered as a priority group under the strategy and feature across many objectives and actions in the strategy.  

I have asked the National Office for Suicide Prevention  to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to these specific requests.

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