Dr. Katie Sweeney:

Once the philanthropic funding is phased out, the Department of Education and Skills will be involved. Locally, the music education partnerships raise 50%. For the first three years of the initiative, in phases 1 and 2, that is, until the musical education partnership becomes established, the philanthropy funding and The Ireland Funds match the other 50%. After three years, the philanthropy funding will cease and the Department of Education and Skills will fund the other 50%. To date, that has been the model for phase 1. We are moving into phase 2. Phase 3, because it involves an announcement under pillar 1 of Creative Ireland's Creative Youth plan, will not have the philanthropy element in the first three years. It will involve local music education partnerships, the Department of Education and Skills and Creative Ireland. Creative Ireland and local music education partnerships will match 50% of the funding from day one.

There are three phases. Phase 1 involves the ceasing of philanthropy. With regard to phase 2, as philanthropy phases out, the Department of Education and Skills phases in as 50% with the music education partnership. Under the final phase, involving the nationwide rolling out under Creative Ireland, there will not be a philanthropy element. It will involve the Government and the local element coming together from day one.