Mr. Vivian Geiran:

The work people do broadly falls under two organisational headings. Most people who do community service work do it under the supervision of a community service supervisor employed by us, namely, one of our staff. They perform the work as part of a group, supervised each day. We are in a position to put a small percentage of the people we supervise on community service in individual placements because they are probably more capable and have potential to do work with voluntary organisations that we can monitor and which would qualify and be classified as community service. The bulk of people, however, do their work as part of a group programme supervised by one of our staff. As Mr. Brian Dack mentioned, in some locations, such as Dublin, Cork and one or two other places, there are graffiti-removal projects. We have our own equipment in a van and do the work in collaboration with the local authority. This relates to the Deputy's other question. Apart from this work, we do a lot of work for voluntary organisations and community groups around the country. This may involve site clearance, litter removal, painting and decorating, refurbishment and sometimes small building-type projects. Much regeneration and renovation work is of a kind that we do. We engage with Tidy Towns committees. In a number of places, we have been able to build special gardens for schools or community facilities.

With regard to the question on local authorities, we have a good relationship with a number of local authorities, particularly in areas where we have graffiti-removal programmes running. Currently, we are in the process of developing a relationship with a wider range of local authorities in the area of waste management. Mr. Brian Dack might be in a position to say a little about that.