Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is very good. To answer Deputy Fitzmaurice, there would have to be representatives from the Departments of Rural and Community Development and Employment and Social Protection.

I thank the witnesses for their contributions and we will be in touch and will set up a working group. There is an urgency in this regard because we are coming into a very busy time for Tidy Towns groups. This is happening in Galway, as we speak. The last thing we want to do is to see people being forced to stop the voluntary activity they do in their community because of red tape. We will set up this working group. I wish to thank all the witnesses for their attendance and their evidence to the committee. We will be in touch in due course.