Ms Danielle Gayson:

I will discuss youth exchanges. ERASMUS Plus, European Voluntary Service, EVS, and Léargas all fund youth exchanges. Young people can go on exchanges. Ms Lambe went to London on an exchange, which was a fantastic experience. I am going to Greece at the end of summer to learn about health and fitness, and culture. Often there is little for the EVS volunteers to do in Ireland. The challenge for them is the massive amount of paper work involved. People are turned off applying because they will have to do all this paper work. A massive part of non-engagement is the bureaucracy involved. Young people do not realise these things are funded by the EU. There need to be more ways to inform people about the opportunities in the EU.