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Youth cllrs meet Minister for
Children
12.05.11
DONEGAL'S young
councillors have outlined their worries and concerns
to the Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald.
Donegal Youth Council members met the minister last
Friday when she travelled to meet them in
Letterkenny Public Services Centre.
Council secretary Catherine Stewart said they were
"really pleased" the minister came to meet them.
“We told the Minister that since the youth
councillors were elected in October our main areas
of work have been mental health, sexual health, the
impact of the recession and road safety.
"We are also working on smaller campaigns to clean
up school toilets and reduce the weight of school
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Donegal Youth Council members were
delighted to put their views to Minister for
Children, Frances Fitzgerald. |
“We have been working
to promote positive mental health across the county,
we were successful in receiving funding for three
projects under o2 Think Big, we sent out posters to
local schools with helpline numbers on them, and
piloted a mental health week in three schools, to
help promote positive mental health. We told the
Minister that this is an issue we think that she
should prioritise."
Catherine added: “We want better sexual health
services and access to information for all young
people in Donegal. We will be working with Health
Promotion to look at how we can work with schools to
improve the teaching of RSE in schools. We told the
Minister that is something we want her to work on,
with both the Ministers for Health and Education."
The Donegal Youth Council is worried about the
recession on the county's school-goers.
“The recession is having an impact on young people
too, especially because of the high costs of schools
such as costs of transport, school books, exam
papers and fundraising in schools. Young people are
also finding it difficult to go out with our
friends, because of the cost of some leisure
activities.
“We outlined to the Minister the changes we want to
see to make lives better for young people in County
Donegal," added Catherine. |
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