Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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How does one change the culture? We can visit the institutions and bring the boards before the committee and advocate on behalf of the young people. How do we get buy in from them?

I am a former school teacher and I saw students who flourished when they were protected and looked after and kept from the environment that was hostile to them becoming the person they were capable of. Apart from the capital investment in Oberstown and the HR and IR functions, how do legislators ensure that these young people flourish?

It is in all our interests to see young people flourishing and their needs as described in Maslow's hierarchy of needs being met until they reach self actualisation, which we all have the ambition to reach. We would certainly share Dr. Muldoon's ideology that we must try to assist the young person to be rehabilitated and become the complete person.