Ms Niamh Carty:

The question is thought-provoking. I will return to the issues of the education of young people and caring. Two extraordinary examples of leadership in caring have been demonstrated recently by two young women, namely, Greta Thunberg in respect of climate change and Malala Yousafzai in respect of girls' education. Even very young people have an innate sense of fairness and we have to make space for that. It is not just about formal education and what we tell them; it is about giving them the space to demonstrate the leadership they have in them, and the fairness they wish to impart to the rest if the world. It would be interesting to hear the conversations about kids who came out of school on strike over climate change. There was a lot of tut-tutting about it but this is their future. They have to be educated and to understand the issues but we have to give them the channels through which they can demonstrate leadership in respect of caring. We can do this in the privacy of our own homes and, more broadly, in our communities and as a society.