Mr. Ray O'Leary:

The grants have been periodic. There was a lengthy period during the challenging years when no allocations were made. There is no fixed period. There have been a couple of rounds in the past two years as some funding became available. I understand the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan is proposing to the Minister, Deputy Ross that they work on putting in place a fixed period, which would make it more predictable. It is a question of looking at how much money we have allocated and how much has been drawn down at this point in time to get a measurement of the likely absorption capacity.