Ms Rachael Murphy:

Professional youth workers are quite well taken care of in this area. It is an issue for volunteer youth workers. Volunteers are part of the community and know their young people. They have known them since they were five or six. Upskilling and investment in volunteers is required because they are the ones who can signpost people to the more specialised services for young people. I am talking about youth services where there is a need for a professional youth worker to intervene. It is definitely the volunteer youth sector that needs the investment.