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Leaving Cert Politics & Society: Young people's right to be heard

How often Young people's right to be heard comes up on the Politics & Society papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 3 of the last 7 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2023.

OL Asked on 5 of the last 7 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Young people's right to be heard, Higher Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Young people's right to be heard.

(a)What are the four elements of Laura Lundy's model of participation?
  1. Listen, support, share and decide
  2. Space, voice, audience and influence
  3. Plan, act, review and reflect
(b)What is the highest level of Shier's Pathways to Participation?
  1. Children fill in a survey on the issue
  2. Children's views are taken into account by adults
  3. Children share power and responsibility
(c)A student gets a seat on a school committee but is never allowed to influence decisions. On Hart's Ladder this is...
  1. Tokenism
  2. Adult-initiated, shared decisions with children
  3. Child-initiated, shared decisions with adults
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(a) Space, voice, audience and influence

(b) Children share power and responsibility

(c) Tokenism

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Young people's right to be heard.

Higher Level

Asked on 3 of the last 7 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2023.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Q1b
2022Q1g
2021Q1c
2019Not asked
2018Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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Young people's right to be heard, 2 marks

What is the national youth assembly that brings together delegates from Comhairle na nÓg?

  1. Seanad na nÓg
  2. Oireachtas na nÓg
  3. Dáil na nÓg
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Dáil na nÓg

Local Comhairle na nÓg councils send delegates to Dáil na nÓg, which votes on issues to put to government: a structure for UNCRC Article 12.

Young people's right to be heard, 3 marks

At each level, Shier's Pathways ask about three stages of commitment. What are they?

  1. Consultation, participation and partnership
  2. Openings, opportunities and obligations
  3. Space, voice, audience and influence
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Openings, opportunities and obligations

An opening is a worker's readiness; an opportunity is when resources are in place; an obligation is when it becomes agreed policy. Lundy's model uses space and voice.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 5 of the last 7 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q6
2024Not asked
2023Q7
2022Q1q
2021Q1r, Q1s
2019Not asked
2018Q8

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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Young people's right to be heard, 2 marks

Laura Lundy's model of participation has four elements. Which list is correct?

  1. Plan, act, review, report
  2. Voice, vote, veto, victory
  3. Space, voice, audience, influence
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Space, voice, audience, influence

Children need a safe space to form views, a voice to express them, an audience that listens, and influence so their views are acted on. It is based on UNCRC Article 12.

Young people's right to be heard, 3 marks

On Hart's Ladder of Participation, what is 'tokenism'?

  1. Young people are given tokens or vouchers as payment to take part
  2. Young people seem to have a say but have little influence
  3. Young people start and run the project fully themselves
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Young people seem to have a say but have little influence

Hart's bottom three rungs, manipulation, decoration and tokenism, are non-participation. Higher rungs give young people more real power over decisions.

Young people's right to be heard, 2 marks

What is Comhairle na nÓg?

  1. A youth council in each local authority area
  2. The Irish-language TV channel for young people
  3. The upper house of the Oireachtas
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A youth council in each local authority area

Comhairle na nÓg lets young people influence local services and policies. Its delegates also take part in Dáil na nÓg, the national youth parliament.

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