Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler TD, has welcomed the announcement that Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, has provided a comprehensive financial package of €5 million to support students’ wellbeing and mental health in higher level institutions.
Minister Butler said: “The need to provide additional mental health supports for students in higher level institutions is a priority recommendation contained in the Youth Mental Health Task Force report (2017). In addition, additional access to counselling supports and psychological interventions is a major priority under the new mental health policy ‘Sharing the Vision’.
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