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inform a lot of the work we have done. For me, personally, of all the witnesses, and many great witnesses appeared before our committee, hearing the voices of young people who came through the National Youth Council of Ireland and the youth advisory panel of the Office … establishment of the youth advisory panel. The Minister of State will be aware that within other offices, the Ombudsman for Children's Office and Coimisiún na Meán, this has worked very effectively. We need to ensure young people's voices and those who work with young people

ended up setting up a youth advisory panel to inform Coimisiún na Meán when it was set up. In the context of the national AI office, which will be set up next year, I also want to see a youth advisory panel be set up. The Government … responded on a lot of youth issues, including reducing youth transport costs and I hope to see the youth culture card introduced. However, I share the views that have been expressed, that in the first instance, we should move to allow for the reduction in the voting

Arts Council has collaborated with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on an arts in early learning care and school-age childcare pilot. That is overseen by a steering committee with representatives from multiple Departments and organisations. The Arts Council has supported early years arts … organisations. The National Library of Ireland offers free tours of the W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney exhibitions. It also partners with various educational institutions to offer internship and academic and professional development. The Chester Beatty runs creative workshops for teens and supports the youth advisory groups, with collaboration

these matters and to work with the AI Advisory Council to review and update existing taxonomies of harm to include AI-generated harms. All of this is to underline the fact that online safety is a cross-departmental issue and Departments are working together on it. It also … youth forum in the run-up to the Presidency and an online safety conference during it. I am eager to hear from children and young people themselves on issues, including about the digital age of majority. On that matter, and as set out in the recently published national

terms used in the Bill. Section 3 provides for the repeal of section 7 of the 1991 Act that provided from childcare advisory committees, which are no longer in operation, and the repeal of section 8, which is replaced by new reporting arrangements introduced in the Child … inter-agency and implementation committee to promote inter-agency co-operation and national co-ordination on child protection matters. The committee must have regard to the principle that the best interest of the child is the primary consideration to guide its work. The membership includes nominees from seven

regulation to extend the late working hours exemption for young persons to unlicensed premises in order that they fully align with those provided for in regulation for licensed premises under the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996. We want to ensure working conditions for young people … Departments of Social Protection, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform form the employment pillar. As part of the strategy, which is being led by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, my Department will continue to facilitate ongoing dialogue between disabled persons' organisations

particular focus on the impact of AI on youth unemployment, which is increasing at three times the rate of that in the general population. There is important work to be done there. The recommendation for a national AI risk register is a practical and necessary tool. We cannot … algorithms to undermine the mental health and safety of our young people. I commend the committee for placing engagement and inclusion at the heart of its work. In this block of work, we heard from a range of voices in relation to participation and the need for engagement

Education and Youth when the National Youth Work Advisory Committee as prescribed under Section 17 of the Youth Work Act 2001 will be reconstituted; if plans for its reconstitution will be part of the implementation of Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services

Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for reconstituting the National Youth Work Advisory Committee, a statutory body under section 17 of the Youth Work Act 2001; if the restoration of this statutory committee is envisaged within the implementation actions for Opportunities

Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for reconstituting the National Youth Work Advisory Committee, a statutory body under Section 17 of the Youth Work Act 2001; to clarify if the restoration of this statutory committee is envisaged within the implementation actions