Coroners are to be asked to record the ethnicity of people who die by suicide, an Oireachtas committee has heard. “Unfortunately the data provided by the CSO [on suicide] does not capture a wide range of information including ethnicities [as it relies on coroners’ data]. Internationally there is a move to have those discussions with the coroners and indeed [about] how we can target specific data from coroners’ reports,” he said. Fundamental issueKate Mitchell, policy officer with Mental Health Reform, said the lack of data went beyond inquests. Counsellor and chief executive of the Clanwilliam Institute Dr Aileen Tierney said she had assumed she would fully understand Travellers’ mental health vulnerabilities linked to discrimination.

Source: The Irish Times October 15, 2019 17:15 UTC