Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Chairman to put me down to come back in then.

I wish to deal with another topic involving a small amount of money relative to the Department's budget. Two centres are funded - the cultural centre in Paris and the arts centre in New York. Based on replies to parliamentary questions a sizeable amount of funding is given to the arts centre in New York from the US side - way more than is provided from Ireland. Why have those two locations been selected? Is it because there is a benefit? I can see the benefit from New York. Why, for example, would the cultural centre in the UK not feature where there might be a more significant population than in Paris? Why does that happen?