Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State has given a positive response. It is safe to say that the building complex is relatively old. Staff at the centre have indicated it needs refurbishment, particularly for health and safety reasons. As Deputy Ó Broin noted, the amount of funding involved is small when one considers the services the centre has provided to young people who have availed of its programmes over the past 25 years. If it was not for this service, who knows where those young people would have ended up? The staff and founders of the project have guided young people in a different and safer direction for educational purposes and put them on the right road in their own lives and those of their families. I hope the centre will secure the funding it needs to be a viable project for the future.

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