Ms Yvonne McKenna:

There are 21 volunteer centres operating across 17.5 counties. A policy to support volunteer centres, introduced in 2009, envisaged a volunteer centre per county, with the exception of Dublin, where the centres were to be per local authority area. That policy has been on hold since its introduction because of the economic climate. Essentially, the volunteer centres are both urban and rural. They are in 17.5 counties across the country.