Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be very quick. I was looking at the Estimate for the Department and have two questions for the Minister. Are there opportunities for increasing the appropriations-in-aid by, for example, changing the fees? The same thing would apply, for example, with regard to ferry services. Many islanders, even though they value the €8 return fare, would rather pay €1 extra to retain the services they have rather than suffer a traumatic cut. Are there possibilities in this regard? Could we raise more money from fees rather than make cuts to institutions?

Under the caps on the access programme, the cultural cinemas programme, Bord Scannán na hÉireann and so forth, how many projects promised funding under this programme are being carried out currently? Will enough money be made available under the respective headings to ensure all of these projects, without fail, are given the money sanctioned for them in order that they can be completed and we do not end up with half-finished white elephant projects?