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

I have two more questions. Virtually no money has been spent this year by the Department on what will be regional and rural affairs on the capital side. Any expenditure literally relates to the administration of the Leader programme. That means there will be a rush to try to spend money by the end of the year or else there will be a major underspend. If €5 million or €10 million were given to the western investment fund as a kick-in, does Mr. McGuinness believe that could be usefully spent on job creation in the west?