Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. The other scheme I raised is a community organisation that has over 46 acres of community grounds because there are lot of different organisations working there, all on a voluntary basis. The person on community employment supervises the maintenance and does all that work. Now his time is up. He has done his three years and it cannot be extended, as I understand it. The big problem is that the scheme cannot get anyone to replace him. It has tried extremely hard over the last six months to line up someone but it cannot get anyone. The scheme is concerned that it will not have someone employed and it would not have the funding to employ someone directly because everything it does is voluntary.If they get a grant for €1,000 they will borrow another €5,000 to get the project done so it is really a challenge for community organisations right around the country.