Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to publish an implementation plan for the opportunities for youth strategy; when the plan will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64018/25]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services is the strategic framework for the youth work sector, published in September 2024. The strategy aims to build awareness of youth services, strengthen youth services, and ensure that youth services remain accessible and of value to young people across Ireland.

The implementation of the strategy will be reported on via the Young Ireland governance structures. Both implementation, and the cooperation of all relevant actors, will be supported through a new National Youth Sector Reference Group as well as a group comprising representatives from departments and agencies that provide funding to or interact with the youth sector. Action 50 in the Education Plan for 2025 aims to establish these structures by the end of 2025.

My officials are drafting an operational action plan to support implementation of the strategy, and engagement with stakeholders involved in the delivery of these actions will take place in early course.