Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Supporting the Irish Community: London Irish Centre

3:05 pm

Mr. Gary Dunne:

Historically, that has been run by volunteers. The last statistic I got is that we get about 30 inquiries a year. In number terms it is not a very busy service but it is significant in terms of impact and outcomes. It is deep, heavy work that people are doing in that regard. Our volunteer manager, Sarah, is in the process of building a new model for managing volunteers, and training and inducting new volunteers to manage the service. The service is getting a bit of a refresh but there is significant demand on it.