Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 22 Oct 2002

Vol. 555 No. 5

Written Answers. - Youth Work Act.

David Stanton

Question:

206 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 19 June 2002, the sections of the Youth Work Act, 2001, for which commencement orders have been signed; the members of the National Youth Work Advisory Committee who have been appointed; the members of the sub-committee who have been appointed to consider issues involved with the implementation of the various sections of the Act; if the sub-committee has reported to the National Youth Work Advisory Committee; if consultations have taken place to date with the various interest groups; the groups involved; the further progress which has been made regarding the implementation of the Act in terms of structures and time scale; the resources and funding which have been put in place to enable the Act to be worked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19015/02]

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. N. Dempsey)

A commencement order has been signed by the Minister for Education and Science in respect of sections 2-7, 17, 18 and 24 of the Youth Work Act, 2001.

Sections 17 and 18 of that Act provided for the establishment of a new National Youth Work Advisory Committee. This committee was appointed on 22 April 2002, on the expiry date of the first such committee established under the Youth Work Act, l997, and the membership is outlined in the following tabular statement. A sub-committee was established to make recommendations on the requirements necessary for implementation of various sections of the Act. The membership of this sub-committee is also given in the following tabular statement. Statutory authorities and voluntary youth work organ isations, in addition to my Department, are represented on this sub-committee. The sub-committee has recently furnished reports to the National Youth Work Advisory Committee on the first two areas of action necessary to put in place the arrangements for (1) the designation of local youth work organisations and (2) the establishment of local voluntary youth councils. I am now considering these two reports with a view to circulating them to the appropriate interest groups as quickly as possible. The sub-committee's work is of a continuing nature and it will report to the National Youth Work Advisory Committee on other aspects of the implementation process for the Act. Furthermore, my Department will, as appropriate and necessary, hold discussions with the statutory and voluntary youth work interests. It is intended to have the necessary structures, in particular at vocational education committee level, in place during 2003 to give effect to the implementation of the Act. The resources required, including those of a financial nature, will be in the first instance the subject of discussions with the parties involved and, subsequently, with the Department of Finance.

National Youth Work Advisory Committee Appointed under the Youth Work Act, 2001

Mr. Pat Forde (Chairperson)	Ministerial Nominee
Mr. Malcolm Byrne	Ministerial Nominee
Mr. P. J. Breen	Department of Education and Science
Ms Niamh Mernagh	Department of Education and Science
Ms Betty Moriarty	Department of the Environment and Local Government
Mr. Michael Smith	Department of Health and Children
Mr. Bob Quinn	Ministerial Nominee/Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Ms Fiona Ward	Department of Social and Family Affairs
Ms Helen Raftery	Irish Sports Council
Mr. Augustine O'Connell	An Foras Áiseanna Saothair
Mr. David Walker	Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Mr. Brian Ó Tiomáin	Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Mr. James Doorley	NYCI /President
Ms Mary Cunningham	NYCI/Director
Ms Olive Good	NYCI/Girls' Brigade
Mr. Martin Brady	NYCI/Youth Science Ireland
Mr. Eddie D'Arcy	NYCI/Catholic Youth Care
Mr. Ray Devlin	NYCI/Foróige
Ms Alison Fox	NYCI/Pavee Point
Ms Margaret Dunne	NYCI/Irish Girl Guides
Ms Joyce Furlong	NYCI/National Forum for Local Voluntary Youth Councils
Mr. Eamon Lynch	NYCI/Scouting Ireland CSI
Ms Joan Mc Kevitt	NYCI/Scouting Ireland SAI
Mr. Tony Murphy	NYCI/National Youth Federation
Ms Aoife Ní Lughadha	NYCI/Feachtas
Mr. Declan O'Leary	NYCI/Ógra Chorcaí
Dr. Maurice Devlin	NYCI/Appointee of NYCI Board
Ms Fiona Hartley	IVEA/CEO Association
Mr. Pat Ryan	IVEA/CEO Association
Cllr. Clifford Kelly	IVEA/CEO Association
Mr. David Treacy	IVEA/CEO Association

National Youth Work Advisory Committee sub-committee for Implementation of Youth Work Act, 2001

Mr. Pat Ryan	IVEA/CEO Association
Mr. Clifford Kelly	IVEA/CEO Association
Mr. David Treacy	IVEA/CEO Association
Mr. P. J. Breen	Department of Education and Science
Ms Joyce Furlong	NYCI/National Forum for Local Voluntary Youth Councils
Mr. Martin Brady	NYCI/Youth Science Ireland
Mr. Tony Murphy	NYCI/National Youth Federation
Mr. Declan O'Leary	NYCI/Ógra Chorcaí