Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister mentioned her Department's consultation with An Garda Síochána, which has the information at first hand. Has it looked at other State agencies that have information that might be pulled together to identify particular areas of concern at which youth diversion projects could be targeted? I am thinking about young people who are not attending school or who are dropping out early. I ask the Minister to instruct her Department to look at those statistics, which may be held by other Departments and other State authorities, and to put them all together. An Garda Síochána has a very significant amount of information but perhaps there are other State agencies that could help identify young people so as to ensure that resources are targeted at them and that they are kept away from a life of crime or prevented from getting involved in crime in the first instance.

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