Ms Liz Meaney:

There are some schemes where they can receive funding. There is a scheme called Young Ensembles, where groups of young people can come together and make an application to us for support. I absolutely agree that it is something we need to do more of. There is a very good programme run by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, which enables the voice of the child in decision-making. This is something we have rolled out in those 300 Creative Schools, so that young people are making the decisions about what they are engaging with and how they are engaging, and what the cultural programming is. We need to do more and more of that to enable their enfranchisement as cultural citizens.