Ms Petra Woods:

One of the benefits of the modernisation process and the upgrades we have done to the systems local authorities use is that we have better access to information. The Cathaoirleach is correct that the uptake is quite low. Local authorities have been engaging, going into schools and so on. We have had feedback from the National Youth Council that it is useful to be able to talk to people about engaging and then presenting them with an action they can take. The numbers are quite low, so they would be in the low hundreds.