Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I will talk about another problem that has emerged this year. Galway County Council is seeking indemnity from voluntary groups. Deputy Ó Cuív might be lucky in having Tús or RSS to do such work. Local people in towns and villages, such as Ballinamore Bridge and similar places, voluntarily cut the grass and pick up litter. Those people are expected to do three days of training on signing, lighting and guarding of roadworks, as well as one day of Safe Pass training. Plans have to be drawn up for everything. All of this is just going to drive those volunteers away. That is fine if somebody is then going to pay for everything to be done. It is difficult to get people involved in these schemes at the moment. It is hard to get Tús workers in certain areas.