Mr. James Walsh:

If Tidy Towns groups were aware of the legislation and so on, it would make a significant difference. I have heard time and again from people, and experienced it myself, that residents associations spray housing estates. I complained to the residents association of a place where I was living and told it that it could not spray, but it sprayed the playground and the rest of the housing estate. It got some random guy to spray pesticide. When I drove past one day, he even sprayed it over my tyres. He had no clue. I told the association that was illegal. I made a video. I am not sure whether it was followed up on because the pesticides control division of the Department did not say whether it had done so, but I do not believe the residents association sprayed it anymore after that. I have heard from other people that other residents associations were also spraying pesticides. Bringing Tidy Towns on board would be good.