Ms Maeve Foreman:

Community Gardens Ireland is really a network of gardens around the country. We have a small committee, we do not have a base and we do not have any full-time workers so negotiating with individual councils is done by the garden in the area in question. A garden will often come to us for help, particularly if it is a new one trying to get off the ground. We use our website as a source of information for people. We have a resource for gardens that are trying to get off the ground and we will advise as best we can but negotiation with individual councils around the country is carried out by the people in the area who are trying to get a garden off the ground. Does that answer the question?