Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise on how to establish a youth club/youth café in Kinnegad, County Westmeath. [9418/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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My Department provides funding to the sixteen Education and Training Boards (ETBs) for the provision of local youth services. The two key funding streams under which support may be available for the establishment of a new youth club or youth café, are the UBU scheme, which funds youth worker led targeted youth services, and the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme, which supports volunteer led youth clubs.

My Department also funds a number of national youth organisations which operate a network of, local youth clubs and youth cafes, including Foróige and Youth Work Ireland.

The youth services division in Longford and Westmeath ETB is best placed to provide information and support for local community groups who wish to establish a new youth club or youth café in Westmeath. The ETB can provide information on national youth organisations who may be able to offer support to those setting up a new group.