Dáil debates

Thursday, 25 May 2006

2:00 pm

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath, Fine Gael)

What are the plans for this year? Last year, Members were told of ongoing development and the preparation of initiatives for 2006 and 2007. The Minister of State has just told me the same thing. Will she provide me with a rough idea of this year's plans? I accept there will probably be some announcements in the coming weeks. What areas does the Minister of State hope to fund and how much money does she expect to spend? Given that we are now more than two years into the plan, what is the status of the commitment of resources, originally supposed to be €40 million? Young people need our help. They are under considerable pressure and there are many social problems that we are not fully addressing. We need to treat the matter with more urgency.

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