Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Jimmy D'Arcy:

I will add to that. In 2012, we took the initiative to develop an e-learning platform. Since that time, we have put a lot of investment into developing an integrated IT infrastructure, where all of our members can access those platforms. Their training is recorded and the best options for them are targeted at them. It is an important component of the education service we provide that the training people require is there at the right time they require it and is available to them on a multitude of devices, or through the phone or whatever. That is a big part of the training when you are trying to reach volunteers who are time-poor and need things to be provided to them when and where they have the opportunity to engage.