Niamh:

With regard to what Conor said, he answered well on whether adults are sceptical. Some definitely are, but something we also have to address when talking about that is how we can get rid of that scepticism. The answer, very simply put, is to run more assemblies like this. We have to start facing up to the fact that there is a little bit of stigma attached by some people to listening to the voices of young people and children. Like Conor said, they think we are inexperienced and that we possibly do not know what we are talking about. Education is the key, and we have proven that through the assembly because members are all sitting here today with 58 calls to action in front of them, which are actually going to be acted upon. That is a first in this country.

The way we can expand that and keep it going is by having more of these assemblies on a regular basis and making them available to everyone. It is the only way we are going to inspire our youth - by getting them involved, telling them their voice actually matters and showing them how they can voice it to get their opinions out there. They are the future. As I said earlier, there is no way forward if they are not part of it. If they are the ones who are going to have to live with this, they should have a say in what is going to happen.