Mr. Shaun Henry:

The PEACE programme currently funds a broad range of youth programmes involving all the main sporting organisations, football, Gaelic and rugby. The three main codes of football all work very much in a partnership way at a local level and we are funding a broad range of those programmes. We also fund a range of youth-sector initiatives for young people who perhaps do not wish to be involved in that type of sporting activity and for disengaged young people. As Mr. Colgan said earlier, over the PEACE programmes we have accumulated a broad wealth of experience of how to engage with marginalised and vulnerable young people.

Sporting organisations are definitely a very positive way to engage young people, as are a whole broader range of youth programmes. We would be keen to build on that experience.