Ms Ruth Buggie:

As for the bronze, silver and gold system of recognition of communities, there is a community award within the SEAI award categories each year, but it would be great within the network itself. We see Tidy Towns, for example, as a very successful model to copy the best of to recognise communities as they progress through the programme. We will take Deputy Bruton's comments on board. We are trying to find a way to recognise the communities and their delivery on the various programmes in which they are interested. We appreciate the suggestion and will work on it.