Pauline Tully (Sinn Fein)

Yes, it does. Also, the application process for those grants or any funds needs to be simplified by for every agency across the board, no matter what Department they are applying to. Sometimes, the paperwork is so off-putting, you would wonder if it was designed that way for a reason.

In relation to youth workers, Ms Keane says that it is difficult to recruit and nearly even more difficult to retain staff, that that has to do with pay and that the pay is not benchmarked against anything. Is there not a process now, though? It is mentioned in the strategy. Is that what the witnesses are saying?