Ms Denise Charlton:

I fully agree with the Deputy in regard to the voluntary and community sector and the contribution it makes to Irish society. The figures we presented reflect what the community foundation has been able to invest in communities and organisations but, of course, there are so many voluntary and community organisations doing incredible work. As I said earlier, the community and voluntary sector is the same size as the agriculture sector. We saw at the coal face organisations pivoting and adapting when Covid arrived, again amplifying the amazing work done by volunteers throughout the country and by national and local organisations.

The all-island fund is new and, as Ms Haworth said, we are at the early stages of working with organisations on key issues throughout the island. We will look closely at what the implications of that are. To date, we do not have any projects such as those the Deputy highlighted, although we would be open to that in future. We work with organisations on a wide range of issues, some of which we mentioned earlier. Ms Haworth might highlight some of the key areas we are working with in communities throughout the island.