Mr. Wayne Stanley:

There are good examples of the work but I might hand over to Ms Feeney on this. In my experience of officials, Ministers and other politicians across parties, if a solution that works is provided, a listening ear is generally given in return. More money is definitely needed. One of the main issues we have at the moment, which Ms Feeney and I were just talking about before the meeting started, is that with the housing crisis, the dominos keep falling and the vulnerability of those young people coming to the services is increasing.

I will allow Ms Feeney speak to this because she will tell the story better than me. We have examples of things that work. There is a major problem on the housing side but there is a collaboration at local level in Galway and if that can be replicated, and we can build momentum behind it, it can be done. In terms of a listening ear, that shifts. We have a youth homelessness strategy on the way and we hope to expand from that.