Mr. Martin O'Sullivan:

The first question was on dedicated training. We have lifesaving training centres at Tramore, County Waterford, White Strand, County Clare, in Kildare and I believe there is one about to be built in Wexford. Waterford led the way with a centre located at Tramore. It is an excellent building that has all the necessary facilities. The centres have improved the lot of the people involved in training beach guards. It means people can now go to the centre and avail of the beach next door. In the past, when people arrived in cars, they had to carry equipment long distances. The establishment of training centres has been an excellent improvement. The Clare people are looking to build another centre and we need to get one in Cork. Over the next few years, we expect to have a significant number of training centres. Perhaps not all of them will be of the same quality as the Waterford centre but they will be of a high standard.

We would welcome funding for centres from wherever. The people of Waterford and Clare did a serious amount of fund-raising for their centres. In most cases, it is a question of getting out there and raising money in order to build a station. The centres would have got moneys, and we hope to get more, from local authorities. Please bear in mind that we train the beach guards, so that they can operate on the beaches during the summertime.

We need to develop more lifesaving programmes for inland locations. A minority of our week long summer programmes are taught in rivers and lakes but the greater number are taught at beaches. There is an excellent summer programme of education on water safety at some of the lakes in County Cavan and likewise at rivers in places like Tipperary.

We must convey the message to parents but especially to children about water safety and that is where the PAWS programme comes in. The PAWS programme has been designed in such a way that the early sections of it can be done without going to a swimming pool. It is an water safety education process for primary school children. Teachers can look at our website and click on the link for the PAWS programme where they will find excellent lesson plans designed to cater for children at different levels.

They will also find excellent worksheets for the children, all of which have been designed by teachers, which the children can enjoy completing and which will teach them various lessons. We are very much aware that our PAWS programme has not gone to a sufficient number of primary schools and that we must get it out to them. We have an education officer in our headquarters and he will be working hard to ensure that the programme is in place in a far greater number of primary schools.

I forget the other question.