Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am pretty confident none got €8.4 million. I could ask why we did not pump 10% of €8.4 million, or €840,000, into an interpretive centre for the Spanish Armada at Grange, County Sligo, or a new Garter Lane theatre in Waterford, or whatever else in Kildare or Cork? I know this was not on Ms Licken's watch and I have nothing against Galway. It is fantastic and I cannot wait until it is the cultural capital; in many ways it is the cultural capital any day of any year because of everything that goes on there. In my short time on this committee, this nevertheless seems to be the most appalling waste, and poor use, of €8.4 million of public funds. It is great to have an art house cinema but we have built a bar, restaurant and cinema for a commercial entity on which it can make a profit. Notionally, we are adding an art house cinema to what is already a wonderful portfolio of cultural places and amenities in Galway. Where is the application form for €8.4 million for Sligo, Leitrim or Donegal, as we are all looking for one?