Ms Rachael Murphy:

In the strategy, the only mention is of the workforce development plan. There is precedent there. We have seen it with the section 39-funded organisations and the agreement that was reached in the WRC. That does not seem to be applied to youth work organisations or funding for youth work organisations, which is a challenge. Some of our funding comes from section 39 organisations, for example. There is no benchmarking at the moment. We believe, as Dr. Burke alluded to, that youth work is non-formal education. It deserves parity of esteem with education. We are looking for some level of benchmarking of youth work salaries, as Ms Cunningham says, to allow people to live. As regards the cost of living in Dublin, whether trying to get a mortgage or trying to rent a place, two-bedrooms units are now going for over €2,000.