Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is worth looking at. The committee should talk to The Wheel and Pobal. I am familiar with this issue. I will declare an interest as I am a member of a board. I am certainly familiar with it from talking to community organisations. It is a challenge. It is not the space that it was once upon a time where a voluntary board just went away and did things. It is not like that anymore. The officials know that themselves.

I would appreciate if they could send me some correspondence on the stuff they outlined regarding the indemnity or the insurance cover and so on.

I looked up the empowering communities programme and it does look positive. I presume the €2 million is just to establish a budget line and begin the process but, obviously, a lot more than that would be required for it to be meaningful and effective. I expect and I hope that it is planned to expand it over the next few years.