Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons waiting to enrol in the localise youth volunteering programme nationally. [31079/20]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Localise Youth Volunteering carries out valuable work by involving young people in directly addressing the needs of the most disadvantaged locally.

In recognition of the importance of such activities both to the young people involved and to their local communities, my Department provides funding to Localise through the Youth Services Grant Scheme.

The funding provided to Localise under this scheme in 2020 was €140,819. In addition, funding of €6,093 was provided to the organisation under the Youth Climate Justice Fund and Youth Capital Funding of €29,934.50 was also provided.

As of the end of 2019, Localise indicated that it had a waiting list of over 130 organisations wishing to engage with its services.