Mr. Gabriel Kearney:

I want to thank Deputy Canney for his support on this. We all agree that the CE schemes are essential. I speak from the sponsor side of it. I have been chairman of our own group for 12 or 13 years. I was supposed to be there for two years, but I cannot get anybody. With the amount of work that is coming in, as well as the responsibilities, it is awful hard to get the next guy to come in. They do not want to come in because we are not recognised. They say it is only an old FÁS course, or whatever scheme. We are essential to what we are doing in the community. That is the reason I am involved. I am a volunteer in it, but these guys are working on it. We all have that community spirit in us. If we work together, that community spirit will stay with us. I thank the committee for allowing us to speak about this.