Séamus Kirk (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will clarify for tidy town committees and residents associations, the obligations they have to provide training under health and safety legislation to persons recruited to operate lawnmowers, hedge trimmers and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9650/04]

Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Every sector of employment is subject to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989 and regulations made under that Act. Where tidy towns committees or residents associations recruit workers, they are subject to the requirements of the safety and health at work legislation. Under section 6(2)(e) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989 and Regulation 13 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 1993, it is an employer's duty to provide, inter alia, training as is necessary to ensure the safety and health at work of his employees.