Ms Aileen Nolan:

The next matter was equipment and dormant account funding, which Ms Dalton has covered. I will move to Senator Joe O'Reilly's questions on the spirit of volunteering, which we have covered off as well. We have also covered off the issue of the personal development of volunteers.

Senator Ardagh asked about drone use and whether the Civil Defence is looking at anti-drone capability. The answer is "No". The Civil Defence is not looking at that. As we know from the newspapers and a recent Government decision on anti-drone capability at Dublin Airport, the Dublin Airport Authority will provide that function. This is on the equipment development plan of the Defence Forces but there is no role for the Civil Defence to look at it.

We have covered the issue of the amount of funding for this year. The next question was on volunteer expenses. Only instructors get volunteer expenses but I will let either Ms Dalton or Mr. Conroy take that question.