Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 June 2020
1031. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to provide young persons with non-formal educational and outdoor activities resources and opportunities for the summer months in the context of an absence of usual summer camps. [9383/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department does not have policy responsibility for summer activities that may be organised by local communities or are provided through the private sector. Funding from the Department's Youth Affairs Unit is to youth groups and clubs around the country, some of which will operate in the summer months.
The advice to these funded organisations has been to follow the guidance being issued by the Department of Health and the HSE. In addition, officials from my Department have been working with representatives from funded youth organisations to develop sector specific guidance consistent with the roadmap for the re-opening of services and companies that was published by the Government recently. This guidance should support funded youth organisations to safely plan for the provision of youth services during the summer period and beyond.
