GALWAY SENATOR CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE INSURANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED VOLUNTEERS

Date Published: 01-Oct-2009

A Galway Senator is lashing out at the Government for failing to provide insurance for unemployed people to allow them to do voluntary work in their local community.Fine Gael Galway East Senator Ciaran Cannon says there's hundreds of unemployed people throughout the city and county that want to partake in voluntary work but can't because they've no insurance.Minister of State Conor Lenihan announced plans during the summer to create a new volunteer corps but it has yet to be introduced.Senator Cannon says the Government must stop stalling and provide insurance for volunteers immediately.