Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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254. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he continues to have discussions with voluntary or statutory bodies nationally with particular reference to the need to identify the best way in which to tackle the issues relevant to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46431/18]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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My Department is in ongoing contact with voluntary and statutory bodies under its aegis to identify the most appropriate actions in regard to all issues relevant to the work of the Department.

Submissions are also encouraged from all such bodies, where appropriate, in relation to consultation processes held by my Department.

We will shortly be issuing a call for inputs to a paper on key aspects to be included in a National Volunteering Strategy, with a view to obtaining views from the sector in preparation for the development of a volunteering strategy in 2019.