Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am a great admirer of the work the Cork Life Centre undertakes. I disagree with the Deputy's assessment, which I think is unfair. I have involved myself personally in this issue over the past two years. I have engaged with the education and training board, ETB, which has also engaged with the Cork Life Centre. Significant supports have been provided to the centre. There have been issues around governance and all that but they have been put to one side. We accept the position that is being take by those who manage and run what is a good centre for young people, for whom mainstream education does not provide. We have provided a lot of financial supports to the centre. We remain in constant engagement with the centre. I do not have a date for the publication of the national review. We moved ahead of the review to engage with the Cork Life Centre and to deal with issues there that needed to be addressed.

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