Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2023
1494. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of professional youth workers currently employed in each county, as funded under the UBU scheme. [39274/23]
View answerMy Department does not collate the information requested by the Deputy.
Funding provided under the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme does not directly fund youth worker posts/salaries. Rather, it is allocated on an organisational basis on a 'provision of service' basis to meet the identified local needs of the youth population in an area.
The UBU Your Place Your Space scheme is targeted towards disadvantaged, marginalised or vulnerable young people. The recruitment and employment of staff including youth workers is a matter for the youth organisations and services themselves.
