Mr. Bernard Gloster:

I suspect the changes and variation across the country is in part due to some of the youth organisations that receive funding from Tusla participating in specific Tusla programmes. Foróige does some of our engagement programmes with young people and so on. If I am not mistaken, the predominant programme of youth funding for the youth sector is done outside of Tusla. It is a Department-led construct and the two would need to be put together to get the full picture. I am certainly happy to come back to the Deputy with further detail. As to the Deputy's point, no more than what I said earlier about people who could become very effective in the child protection, child welfare and family support systems in multidisciplinary teams, I include the youth sector in that. It plays a critical role in communities and keeping young people much safer than they would otherwise be.