Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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1827.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32270/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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According to my Department’s records, a reply to the correspondence cited by the Deputy issued on June 12th this year.

My officials have begun work on a review of the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme, which will inform policy on how best to allocate funding to support young people who are disadvantaged, marginalised or vulnerable.

In respect of the queries regarding the UBU Your Place Your Space panel, this refers to a process to manage the allocation of additional funding that may become available over the course of the scheme's 3 year funding cycle.

The panel set up during Cycle 1 of the scheme, due to expire at the end of 2023, was extended to the end of 2024. Any further expansion of UBU funded services from 2025 will be subject to a call for applications from ETBs. However, my officials are currently examining how best to support youth provision in ETB areas which have historically received lower funding allocations.