Road safety, travel and transport were key areas raised by NICCY’s Youth Panel members, who recently met with the Minister for Infrastructure and his officials in August 2024. They advocated for much more participation of children and young people within the Department’s priorities and Budgets, as well as on planning policy and the environmental impact of its work.
Whilst recognising the difficult position that the NI Executive are in, we do welcome that the Department has undertaken an EQIA on its draft Budget and the opportunity to respond, however, continue to have serious concerns in relation to the impact that this will have on children and young people in NI, especially given the lack of data contained within it.
The full response can be downloaded at the right-hand side of this page.