Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree with everything the Senator is saying. The Minister of State, Deputy Browne, has been proactive in terms of addressing issues such as looking at a review of YDPs. Generally, the uplift in funding has been welcomed but those figures presented by the Senator are significant. I note that the Department of Justice is partnered with the University of Limerick on a trial approach. The implementation of a joint commissioning approach to a no-wrong-door approach to a youth justice strategy to address the situations of young people with really complex needs is to be most welcomed. We will take on board the points the Senator is making about the wider integration of youth services, the role that the local community safety partnerships could have in a wider sphere, as well as the general issue of capacity of youth services to deliver. I do not just mean YDPs but a much more broad and complex set of services to young people, including mental health, well-being and all of these services. There is increasing demand for these services with increasing numbers of young people. Is the question of capacity to deliver among youth services generally the nub of what the Senator getting at this morning?