Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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212. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when €120,000 in funding will be allocated for a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42662/18]

Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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My Department's Community and Voluntary Supports and Programmes provide a framework of supports for the community and voluntary sector. €3.5m is being provided in 2018 to support 21 Volunteer Centres, 8 Volunteer Information Services and a number of national volunteer-support organisations, such as Volunteer Ireland.

Last July, the new Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan 2018 was announced which included the provision of funding of €1.2m to upgrade the 8 Volunteer Information Services to full Volunteer Centres in order to provide a consistent level of volunteering service nationwide.

It has recently been announced that the necessary funding to give effect to this commitment to upgrade the Volunteer Information Services - including Cavan Volunteer Information Service - to Volunteer Centres will be provided in 2019.