Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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It is to be celebrated and acknowledged that Ireland is to host the Union Cup rugby tournament for LGBTI groups in June. It will be an important time in that Ireland will be welcoming a number of groups and members from throughout the world to that competition, which I think is to take place on the DCU campus. I had the honour of launching it recently with one of great lesbian sporting heroes, Ms Lindsay Peat, who will be joining me later this afternoon. It is an example of the way in which Ireland is taking its lead in this area and making sure it fits into other domains, particularly sports.

On the specific question relating to the arts, following completion of the mapping exercise I mentioned earlier, gaps in youth services will be filled through the allocation of the additional hours. We are to make some decisions on allocating those additional hours relatively soon, as Dr. O'Sullivan will confirm.