Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses stated that when the machines were hired, a wire brush was put on the sweeper. Most councils now have their own sweepers. Is it an easy job to put a wire brush on the sweeper on the council’s own machines in order to cut down on costs. The sweepers in my area - I imagine this is the case everywhere - are out every day of the week. If it was possible to put wire brushes on the sweepers on two days of the week, would that help with the cost instead of hiring in contractors? I agree with Deputy Devlin that the biggest issue is going to be the cost to the councils, particularly when one considers what they are doing on a daily basis. The councils will say that it is not possible to fund everything across the board. Instead of hiring in contractors, would it be possible to fit wire brushes to the sweepers that councils already own?