Further and Higher Education
Dail Éireann — 2021-11-30
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Alan Dillon (FG), Mayo

I thank the Minister. We must ensure that the Speak Out tool will be therapeutically beneficial to those speaking out. The hope is that engagement with the tool will encourage those using it to seek support. Support and intervention in this regard are crucially important. Most important of all, however, support services must be provided to those speaking out, once they have submitted a report, to assure them that we believe them and that we stand with and support them. I understand that these support services are based on the answers given throughout the online tool reporting process and that it provides a bespoke and tailored list of support services. I wish to confirm that is a key priority. We must ensure that the required services are there and in place to coincide with the roll-out of the tool.

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Sitting date: 2021-11-30