141 Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent publication of the My World Survey on youth mental health by the organisation Headstrong and the UCD school of psychology, if he accepts the survey’s finding that the presence of one good adult is central to the mental health of young people, and that the absence of such a person for a young person to confide in is linked to an increased likelihood of self-harm and suicide and higher levels of depression; if he accepts the survey’s finding that 25% of adolescents would be likely to go to a guidance counsellor for mental health support; if these findings give him cause to rethink his cuts to support for guidance counselling in schools; and if not, if he will explain the reason. [26252/12]

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141 Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent publication of the My World Survey on youth mental health by the organisation Headstrong and the UCD school of psychology, if he accepts the survey’s finding that the presence of one good adult is central to the mental health of young people, and that the absence of such a person for a young person to confide in is linked to an increased likelihood of self-harm and suicide and higher levels of depression; if he accepts the survey’s finding that 25% of adolescents would be likely to go to a guidance counsellor for mental health support; if these findings give him cause to rethink his cuts to support for guidance counselling in schools; and if not, if he will explain the reason. [26252/12]

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