Mental Health Services
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-23
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Niamh Smyth (FF), Cavan-Monaghan

I reiterate the requests I have made to the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, which I know the Minister of State present will relay back to her. I ask that she come to Cavan to meet people on the front line dealing with these situations. Prevention is what we all want. I request we have more resources put into psychology support in primary care, that we get a SCAN provided for Cavan-Monaghan and that we get Jigsaw. These are the things we need, from talking to professionals on the ground who are providing youth intervention mental health services. It is critically important, as the Minister of State can see from the numbers I have read out.
I acknowledge the work of: Emer Mulligan, resource officer and suicide prevention officer with the HSE, who is is doing amazing work on the ground with families and communities; Gerry Soden, health and well-being officer with the GAA, who provides immense support for communities and clubs around the country; and Kathryn McAree, who works with Pieta House in providing bereavement services for families afterwards.
I ask the Minister of State to relay those points to the Minister of State, Deputy Butler.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-23