Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise this issue with the Minister. I have noticed there are now villages in my constituency that were very small places 20 years ago but have grown hugely with the building of new housing estates in that time. These places now have many young people approaching teenage years but, unfortunately, the facilities and services have not kept in train with the development of those towns. We now have a situation where many young people have very little to do at weekends, especially at night-time. They are hanging around the streets with nothing to do. I would like to talk about that and how we can help that situation.

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