Mr Chris Hazzard:

Chair, can I ask a supplementary question? I agree with that last comment. Can I ask about ideas on the meaningful engagement piece? Perhaps the more challenging aspect is that elected representatives will engage with schools and do different events with young people. They will go into a room to have a discussion and often, one or two people will engage very proactively. You can see their open and bright minds that maybe are politically engaged and they are safe in that space. However, often the majority of the class or group are not. I ask for ideas on how can public bodies and government engage better. If it is not through direct conversation, is there something we are not doing correctly to empower the voices of young people? If not through that open space or through a formal consultation process, we need to empower that generation of young people coming through. What is the toolkit for doing that? How does government do that more effectively? I often find that while one or two people will engage, the majority will not. They may have some fantastic ideas and you know it and can see it. These are leaders in all of their different fields, including education and everything else but when it comes to engagement with the political class for want of a better phrase, sometimes it is very challenging. I would like to get young people's ideas about how we can do that better.