Mr. Dan Garland:

We have only two places for accommodation. One is in the military barracks at Mullingar and the other is in the Curragh Camp. We are limited to approximately three people in those places. We were throwing around an idea at our last meeting that we might request some of the closed Garda barracks around the country and look after the issue ourselves. We hope we might get a few euro to help, so we can provide accommodation and have a headquarters. Most of our meetings around the country are held in one room in a pub or whatever.

With regard to post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, a girl came into our No. 1 post and spoke to people at the beginning. That was perhaps 18 years ago. Some of the people she spoke to appreciated her and it helped them but we could not afford to keep her on. We would have liked to have done so. We have people coming in on Thursdays and Sundays who have problems. I cannot say if it was PTSD, as I am not qualified to do so. We sit them down, have a chat with them and give them a cup of coffee, a biscuit or whatever is going. We try to get them out on to parades and the St. Patrick's Day parades, in particular. We do that all over the country. Currently, we are trying to organise our own pipe band. It will cost in the region of €20,000 to organise the band with pipes, uniforms, etc. We have taken part in St. Patrick's Day parades in New York on a number of occasions. A number of people are going over to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph in London and we have worked with the Royal British Legion of the North. Currently, we are most concerned with parades but we would love to get into the issue of premises and accommodation.