Mr. Pat Dunne:

As I am speaking, I will discuss Deputy Fitzmaurice's suggestion on rural social scheme, RSS, workers. It is a very good idea and it is something we in Wicklow uplands council have been pushing for a long time. As part of a burning group, RSS workers, or whatever they are known as nowadays, could be brought in and given proper training so they could assist farmers with the burning. In our opinion, this is the way forward.