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Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Covid-19 Pandemic

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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626. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to volunteer centres in each local authority area to enable the community call scheme; and the amount returned by each volunteer centre in tabular form. [10153/20]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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In April 2020, my Department allocated funding of €267,960 to the 22 Volunteer Centres and 7 Volunteer Information Services to support their contribution to the Community Call response to the Covid-19 challenge. This funding was provided to Volunteer Ireland to distribute to each Volunteer Centre and Volunteer Information Service under a three month funding agreement. This is a once-off payment, in recognition of the difficulties that Volunteer Centres and Volunteer Information Services faced during this challenging time. The contract for this work is ongoing and the Volunteer Centres and Volunteer Information Services are continuing to use the funding provided to support those most vulnerable in our communities during the Covid-19 emergency.

The following table outlines the funding allocated to each Volunteer Centres and Volunteer Information Service.

County Funding
Carlow €9,240
Cavan €9,240
Clare €9,240
Cork €9,240
Donegal €9,240
Dublin City €9,240
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown €9,240
Fingal €9,240
Galway €9,240
Kerry €9,240
Kildare €9,240
Kilkenny €9,240
Laois €9,240
Leitrim €9,240
Limerick €9,240
Longford €9,240
Louth €9,240
Mayo €9,240
Meath €9,240
Monaghan €9,240
Offaly €9,240
Roscommon €9,240
Sligo €9,240
South Dublin €9,240
Tipperary €9,240
Waterford €9,240
Westmeath €9,240
Wexford €9,240
Wicklow €9,240

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