Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I would like to ask the Minister of State about volunteering supports. Attracting volunteers has been an issue in recent years. This may be largely to do with work-life balance issues. Perhaps remote working will give people more time to give back to their communities. The Revised Estimates show that a big chunk of funding is going towards volunteering supports. Yesterday's budget also increased funding from €3.5 to €5.1 million to encourage additional volunteering within our communities. Would the Minister of State like to comment on how he plans to spend that money, how that spending will be structured and what outcomes are sought from concrete measures in that area?