Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 March 2023
34. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if pay scales for youth workers will be reviewed and updated to reflect their counterparts within the public sector; if youth work will be recognised as a profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15790/23]
View answerMy Department provides some €73 million in current funding to support a range of youth services and opportunities which are delivered by youth organisations and carried out by both paid youth workers and volunteers.
My Department has no role in the setting of pay scales or other matters that belong properly to the individual employer. The youth workers involved are employed directly by the organisation in receipt of funding.
There are currently no plans to review the professional status of youth workers.
