Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps Mr. McHugh could come back to us on this point. I understand the issues concerning parks and so on. In the countryside, we have small towns of 50, 100 or 300 people. Those people volunteer because there are no council or park workers. They have their own little insurance. They call themselves Tidy Towns groups, and in fairness the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring, gives them money each year to pay for grass-cutting, insurance and so on. They are voluntary. They are not like Mr. McHugh's set-up in Dublin, where the local authority has its own staff or employs subcontractors. We are talking about apples and oranges here.