Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for the European Youth Parliament which is hosting a virtual conference in County Cork in the coming weeks. [5786/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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My Department has no role in relation to the funding of the European Youth Parliament.

However, the Deputy may be interested to know that my Department provides funding to support the participation by young people in Ireland in the EU Youth Dialogue.  The EU Youth Dialogue facilitates and empowers young people to influence decision making on a local, national and European level and fosters connections between young people and decision-makers, including through the selection of Irish youth delegates to participate in the European Youth Conference.

It is implemented in Ireland through the Young Voices programme, which is delivered by the National Youth Council of Ireland in partnership with the National Working Group on EU Youth Dialogue, which is chaired by my Department.