Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)

Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaorileach. Míle buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht isteach. I have a couple of things that have not been raised and that I would like to get their opinion on.

I have met a lot of youth groups in my constituency of Kildare South and they are doing fantastic work so I wanted to note that. There are the Hive and InSync. I met Crooked House Theatre Company which does work with youths while not specifically being a youth work organisation. There is fantastic work going on there. The common theme was funding or the lack thereof. The majority of the groups' funding was going on renting their spaces. I met the NYCI and it mentioned the importance of multi-annual funding as well. Maybe the witnesses could walk us through how that would make their year-to-year operations more effective. At the outset, Dr. Burke mentioned information rights, which was very interesting. I do not think I have heard it come up again. Youth information as a distinct strand of youth work is a really important piece. We see so much about the youth online and the far right. If Dr. Burke wants to talk more about that I would be very interested. I would love to hear about special education and inclusion as well as I do not think it has come up yet.

My brief is special education. I taught in primary school for years, so I would love to hear about that. I have a special interest in an Ghaeilge. Is there much need for or resources for Gaeilge? We have been talking about the Kneecap effect a lot lately. That is increasing, so I would love to hear about an Ghaeilge and youth.