Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the support she will give to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21160/12]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I regret to inform the Deputy there are no funds at the disposal of my Department under which financial support can be made available to the organisation in question.

However, I am very conscious of the needs of children and young people in rural areas and I recently met with Macra na Feirme, who are funded by my Department where we discussed this matter.

In the coming weeks I will be launching a public consultation campaign on the new Children's and Young Peoples Policy Framework and I look forward to considering and addressing issues facing children and young people in rural areas through this process.