NAMA ‘should give premises for teen services’

DISUSED town centre premises which come into the ownership of NAMA should be used to create youth facilities for teenagers.

Launching a Labour party report – Youth Attitude – which surveyed young people’s experience of youth services in the Dublin commuter belt counties of Louth, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow, Senator Dominic Hannigan said: “There must be a social dividend from Nama, part of this could be that disused town centre properties can be utilised to provide youth services, including youth cafes.”

The report was based on questionnaires and focus groups involving 400 youths between 12 and 19.