Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is great to hear young people's voices from across the island in Leinster House. When I was a young person involved in youth work we did North-South discussions. There were people at that time who would not sit in the room together or shake hands. These were not politicians but young people. We are now operating in an entirely different environment. As adults we must realise there are different challenges for young people now. It is great to see our visitors coming here and talking about them.

Like Senator McGahon, I will take up the points Ms Lindsay made in relation to Ballymun separately when we have a chance. Members of the Ballymun Regional Youth Resource, BRYR, are here. I remember somebody saying that if people want to see community done well, they should come to Ballymun. Our guests have done BRYR and Ballymun proud today. I thank them and I will be happy to discuss the issues they raised with them.

There was a call for an information service for young people. The shared island fund was established specifically around issues of research. If the forum were to call on Dublin City University and Ulster University to make a joint application to the shared island fund on the issues affecting young people, I imagine it would be successful.

Last Friday, when I visited Axis Ballymun there were about 30 young people from east Belfast down for a discussion, not on constitutional issues or anything to do with them, but on mental health. That was through an application funded under the shared island programme. I encourage the forum members here to look at that. I am happy to chat with the group about some of the 15 different sites in Ballymun. We could sit down and talk about it all day and I am happy to do so.