Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 362: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a youth delegate will be included in the Irish delegation to the 2009 United Nations General Assembly from the National Youth Council of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41188/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my response to question number 182 posed by Deputy O'Caoláin on Thursday 13th November 2008:

In May 2008, the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) wrote to my Department requesting the inclusion of a youth delegate in Ireland's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in 2009.

My Department is considering the NYCI's proposal which, however, gives rise to a number of administrative and budgetary issues. Our UN Mission in New York has also been in contact with those of other Member States regarding the inclusion of youth delegates in their General Assembly delegations. In this regard, I understand that only some eighteen Member States out of a total of one hundred and ninety two have youth delegates in their delegations.

A reply will issue to the NYCI as soon as consideration of all the practical and financial issues arising is completed by my Department.