Michael Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail)

It is in the Minister's remit. I am on the special education and transport side of it. The Minister has youth. It would be remiss to say it was the poor relation because the staff are looking at the development of it and understand the importance of it. A lot of initiatives across Government are looking at disadvantage and non-participation in society. The money is there for the youth initiatives to try to get more young people engaged in civic society. How to get more young people to engage in civic society was something we looked at in another committee over the years. The funding on youth affairs certainly helps. Also, how do we delve into the real disadvantaged areas to get people to participate in civic society? Therein lies the leadership in trying to get people. We have seen it active in different schemes funded by the Department and Government over the years.