Mr. James O'Brien:

In terms of lowering the voting age to 16, as things are with the 16-year-olds I tend to interact with, I would not say the average 16-year-old is mature enough to vote. I do not mean that as an insult; it is my anecdotal experience. It would be a two-part process. It would relate to how educated people are. If the CSPE programme were built upon in a way that would inform people of the different parties they could vote for, that would increase the number of people who vote.

With regard to my two biggest worries, Ireland is perhaps one of the better countries for climate change but it is a worry regardless. The inability to do anything about it would be my other biggest worry.