Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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275. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has made a decision to appoint a full-time youth officer for County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8979/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board has requested funding from my Department for the provision of a full time youth officer for County Kildare. My Department is engaging with the ETB in this regard and I hope to be in a position to make a determination on this request in the coming weeks. In the interim, the ETB has a Youth Officer who is very active in both counties.