Mr. Joseph McCrohan:

We use Local Link in Kerry and provide what we call a social car model. If the farmer wishes to go and pick up the participant, he or she can do so. The farmer’s petrol money is covered so he or she is not out of pocket. It is a fantastic way to transport people as opposed to putting loads of people from one social grouping into a bus because there can be a certain stigma around that. Participants are brought to and from farms either though the Local Link network or by the social car model. It is wonderful for a farmer to visit the day care centre where these people are coming from because the farmer learns so much about their background. If they go to the participant’s home, they meet and build a relationship with the family, and those relationships are the things that carry on.