Sharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It represents 3,300 organisations throughout the country and it does fantastic work. In regard to the Access Europe fund, €12 million has been drawn down. Is The Wheel the only organisation working on that fund or does it have a team around it? That is what I would like to know.

I know The Wheel does its thing once a year in Croke Park. Is there any way - this applies to the regional assemblies as well - that it could do a whistlestop tour of every local authority and let them know what it actually does and what supports are there for them and for communities? I can tell the witnesses that a lot of local authority councillors out there do not know the work that The Wheel is doing. It is very important that we empower them to know that there is funding, support and training on how to get these funds. I know The Wheel does some online training as well and I know the work it does. Is there any way that could be implemented, maybe next year, in order to have a whistlestop tour of all local authorities to let them know in the various regions what The Wheel actually does, what is available from its offices and how they can access the funds?