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Spending the Apple tax windfall

An eye to the future

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Mon Sept 16 2024 - 00:04

Sir, – In the midst of all the suggestions on how to spend the Apple windfall, there has been zero mention of giving youth services a badly needed boost. In 2023, the spend on youth services was a lamentable €79 million. Surely at a time of rising anti-social behaviour and youth crime, greatly boosting youth funding would pay off in a reduced future prison population?

Should our Taoiseach wish to see all children of the nation achieve their potential, he should put our tax money where his mouth is. – Yours, etc,

MICHAEL FLYNN,

Bayside,

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Dublin 13.

A chara, – There’s one thousand million in a billion. With €13 billion, €1 million can be invested in 13,000 projects. That’s appealing! – Is mise,

JASON POWER,

Salthill,

Galway.