Ms Máire Uí Mhaoláin:

That is a very important point. Comhar na nOileán Teo was set up to deliver programmes to the Irish islands. We really have no other interests than the Irish islands. That is our main priority. The system, as it was written and designed, has put us in a very different position. It has been decided by an independent evaluation committee of this Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs that we are not suitable to deliver this where we have the biggest population in the country, the Galway islands. We are the only Gaeltacht-based and island-based company in the country. We are okay for west Cork, Mayo and Donegal. Does that make any rational sense to anyone? All the companies are all very angry about this position.