Youth Services
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-21
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

Planet Youth Ireland is an initiative to promote, as Deputy Daly said, well-being among our children and adolescents. It takes a ground-up approach whereby local regions enter into a process that researches local government agencies, the education sector and young people themselves. Planet Youth is not an intervention, though, rather a data collection exercise that provides evidence to inform interventions.
The Icelandic prevention model refers to efforts made in Iceland to address adolescent drugs and alcohol use.
Iceland has also significantly invested in professional parent councils and networks. It has expanded that out. Officials from the drugs policy, tobacco and alcohol control unit and health and well-being unit met representatives of Planet Youth Ireland from across Ireland on 9 March in departmental buildings.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-21