Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Like the rest of my colleagues around the table, I am delighted to meet the delegates. Like every other Deputy, rural Deputies especially, I have a long history of working in the community. I compliment the delegates on the work they do.

We have spoken about the rural social scheme and Tús, but one of the issues I am coming across lately is insurance cover for rural social scheme or Tús participants working on projects in villages and towns. In that regard, there is an issue about working on public roads. There is an anomaly in that it is very hard to determine who is the employer and thus should insure participants if they are working on roads.