Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

European Year of Youth: Discussion

Mr. Ivailo Kalfin:

I thank the Deputy for the question. These are indeed very important questions. When we look at the problems, we stratify them by age groups, by social position, by gender, etc. In our research, one could find much cross-cutting analysis and data. This is where we stop. We then provide this to the decision makers, such as those present, who can take it on board when making the political decisions. The Deputy is absolutely right. We have gone across this. If we want to support marginalised parts of our society, or those that are at risk of marginalisation, we need to go into the living environments, into the families and into the social circles. We have several such research-----