Mr. Joe Hamill:

Essentially, most of it goes to two of the North-South Implementation Bodies, of which Waterways Ireland is the largest, with 350 staff located around the country. It is funded from here to a figure of 85%, with the remaining 15% coming from the Northern side, which essentially reflects the number of navigable waterways in each jurisdiction.

The other Implementation Body is the Language Body made up of the Ulster-Scots Agency and Foras na Gaeilge. Funding is on a 75:25 basis, with the Ulster-Scots Agency being paid 25% from our side and 75% from the Northern side. It is vice versain the case of Foras na Gaeilge, with the funding ratio being 75% on our side. They both operate on an all-island basis.