Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 415: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when youth services funded through City of Dublin Youth Services Board will receive their funding for 2012. [39888/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The City of Dublin Youth Service Board (CDYSB) has been for many years promoting, supporting and co-ordinating the development of voluntary youth clubs and youth services in Dublin City and I am aware of the valuable work carried out by CDYSB in the youth work sector,

In light of current budgetary constraints, the youth budget requires careful management with a focus on prioritising front-line services and protecting jobs in so far as is possible. Officials from my Department have met with representatives of the youth sector including CDYSB, on an ongoing basis to ascertain the sector's views on how best to minimise the impact of budgetary constraints with a view to consolidating, in so far as is practicable, the progress made in previous years. Every effort will be made to notify the various youth work organisations and administering agencies of their 2012 allocations as speedily as possible.