Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. Does she agree that in these straitened times, it is particularly important to focus on the support services for young people? Does she also agree that it is a good time, financial difficulties notwithstanding, to ensure the advisory bodies and youth support services she communicates with regularly are updated to enable the Minister and the Government to make value judgments on the issues facing young people? This is not an attempt to pretend these are the first youths to appear on the face of the earth but an effort to respond to the challenges that are emerging, particularly the negative challenges.

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