I raise an issue in respect of the Dormant Accounts Fund and welcome the announcement made by the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, of the allocation of €1.2 million to upgrade eight volunteer information services to full volunteer centres. I have a particular interest in this issue because the centre in Roscommon is one of the locations that will be upgraded to a full volunteer centre, which is important.

Representatives of Pobal were before the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development recently and much of the discussion was about ensuring we supported volunteers to get involved and supported them in the face of challenges surrounding governance, the importance of promoting best practice and challenges with paperwork and in making applications. It is extremely positive that €1.2 million is being allocated to eight centres across the country, the centre in Roscommon being one, because, without volunteers, many community facilities, services and activities would not happen. We need to support the volunteers we have and try to encourage more to become involved. When will the funding be available to the eight centres and what will be allocated for each of them?