Mr. Seán Moynihan:

We might send the committee a note on that. We have done some research and evaluation on this. Obviously, consistency is a desire. Other countries have done some work on this. I just do not have the details in front of me, but we might send a note to the committee afterwards about what other countries have done to alleviate the problem.

On the question on fundraising, we are an NGO, so we fundraise, the purpose of which is to meet emerging needs, as the Deputy will see from our reports. We operate in the gaps in the system, usually addressing loneliness and such conditions. We fill the gaps until statutory bodies get to them.

Ultimately, we use the funding to invest in innovation and change, whether that is use of technology for older people, the volunteer programmes and all those types of things. It is to ensure we have the ability to respond as we see the changing needs while then working with all the Departments and all our partners in the NGOs to try to fill the gaps or create models of services that can be rolled out nationally to ensure those gaps get closed over time.