Youth Services
Dail Éireann — 2021-12-03
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Thomas Gould (SF), Cork North-Central

I support the thrust of this question. The one thing we have learned from Covid is that we are going to do things differently. We have seen that young people need supports, particularly after Covid. Unfortunately, we could be living with Covid for a long time, so we need to enhance facilities, schools, GAA and soccer clubs. I have noticed in my community that many of the youth facilities finish at 5 p.m. and do not operate in the evenings, at night or at weekends. That is when young people need to be engaged with. The derelict sites levy is not being enforced by the local authorities. It is the tool to force these landlords to use those buildings, and youth facilities could be a part of that.

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Sitting date: 2021-12-03