Ms Katherine Licken:

This proposal came under the scheme. There was a report done by the Irish Film Board, the Arts Council and the Northern Ireland enterprise board in 2001 that recommended that Galway have an art house cinema. Notwithstanding all the difficulties that arose with this project and from which we are all bruised, nobody would doubt that it is a good project for Galway, especially with Galway 2020 coming up. The recommendation went back as far as 2001 that Galway was particularly suitable for an art house cinema, given the way Galway has evolved and its cultural reputation.