Training Programmes

Part of Oral Answers to Questions – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:45 pm on 17 June 2014.

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Photo of Carál Ní Chuilín Carál Ní Chuilín Sinn Féin 2:45, 17 June 2014

I totally agree with everything that the Member said.  Indeed, he will be aware through his Foyle constituency that many of the groups work together and do very good work under very strenuous circumstances.  Most of the organisations are made up of members who have been bereaved through suicide or of family members who are working with relatives who are experiencing poor mental health.

So it is imperative that those people are always taken into account in anything that we do.  I hope and anticipate that the results of the pilot survey will tell us what we already know:  that we need to do more of this work with groups on the ground, have a better joined-up approach across government and, most of all, make sure that the people who are furthest away from good access to services are brought right into the middle.