Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. Turning to the organisation's volunteers, the Samaritans have many volunteers and they do wonderful work. Are there statistics concerning the length of time that a volunteer stays with the organisation on average? It is clearly not an easy role. Is there much turnover among those to whom training is provided? Do the volunteers tend to remain with the service for a long time or is there a high turnover?