asked the Minister for Education whether the Government intend to provide adequate resources to ensure the continuation, by his Department, of the youth development officers scheme or, indeed, to set it up on a sounder footing than has existed heretofore.
Written Answers. - Youth Development Officers.
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The present development officer scheme was intended to last four years only and is due to be phased out from 1983. I am at present undertaking a thorough examination of the development officer scheme bearing in mind the recent representations from participating organisations.