Ms Mary Higgins:

I was just about to say that. Obviously, we have a fund that is limited. We have a number of people and do not know exactly how many of them are likely to apply. We were looking at a situation where a small number of applicants had received a large amount of the fund and said that if we were to continue spending money in that way, it would be spent very quickly and that, perhaps, we might not reach all of the people who could potentially apply to us. Under the legislation, we are required to deliver our services in a way that is fair and equitable. To address this, we looked at the sums and decided on a figure of €15,000. In fact, the average value of payments to date is €13,000.