Youth Services

23. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she supports the establishment of a cross-Government youth infrastructure unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54157/26]

67. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the €4 million youth capital allocation for youth services as part of the National Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54156/26]

231. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current level of funding provided for youth work services in 2026; if additional funding will be allocated in Budget 2027 to support the expansion of youth services and address rising demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54189/26]

233. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that additional funding is provided for youth services in 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54240/26]

318. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline all capital grant or support programmes available from her Department or known to her Department that are available to local youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53210/26]

319. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline all programmes available for young people or youth organisations to engage in North, South exchange on this island. [53213/26]

88. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department’s national youth services mapping project will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51908/26]

89. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has identified areas with no youth service provision or inadequate infrastructure; the number of such areas in the State; the plans to address the shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51909/26]

91. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has conducted an assessment of the long-term impact of austerity-era cuts on youth services and youth infrastructure; the efforts being made to restore levels of funding to the era pre-austerity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51911/26]

93. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify which Department holds lead responsibility for youth infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51913/26]

344. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the sources of funding available within her Department from which organisations can seek funding to develop youth centres; the level of funding provided through this source in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51072/26]

53. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has had engagement with a group (details supplied) in Kilkenny in relation to its ambitions to expand its building after receiving planning permission just recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49855/26]

185. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has had engagement with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding collocating a youth centre with a new library building at Mahon, Cork city. [44707/26]

741. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the capital funding streams that are or will be in place for youth centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41511/26]

103. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding supports currently available for youth clubs and youth services operating in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40693/26]

131. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding provided to date in 2026 for independent youth projects in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40663/26]

149. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is aware of financial constraints currently being experienced by independent youth projects in Dublin in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40664/26]

158. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has plans in place for changes or reforms in the youth sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40712/26]

166. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding allocated in 2026 for youth services and youth workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40711/26]

354. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide for additional youth services in south Kildare given the county's fast-growing young population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41107/26]

71. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to expand youth diversion and early intervention programmes aimed at preventing criminal activity among young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35443/26]

181. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to enhance the supports that are provided to learners with special educational needs, specifically within Youthreach services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29159/26]

856. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Juvenile Liaison Officers attached to Kildare-Carlow Division as of 6 May 2026; if he will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35213/26]

329. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide detailed information on the consultations that are scheduled to take place with the youth work sector and other key stakeholders in May and June 2026 on the workforce development strategy; when these will take place; the way youth workers will be informed and advised to participate; when she intends to publi…

376. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the sum spent on youth diversion programmes in Dublin from 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31773/26]