Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I always welcome the Deputy's passion for these issues, her commitment and the experience she brings. I acknowledge everything she has said about the contributions of volunteers and the additional burdens they face, some of which I understand are being addressed by my Department and the National Youth Council of Ireland. My Department met representatives of smaller national youth organisations at the end of August, with the aim of agreeing to a sustainable long-term approach to assist in reducing the impact on small youth organisations of the compliance and associated administrative burden. They identified possible solutions and came up with prioritised shared services, shared systems and a provider to support them in meeting their administrative requirements. We listened to them and are putting in place what they recommended.

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