Mr. Eugene Downes:

Not to extend the discussion but on that specific point, that has become more interesting over the past month because until a few weeks ago, the commitment to double arts funding, as we understand it, was undifferentiated between capital and current. However, in the Global Ireland document of, I think, three weeks ago, on page 42, I believe, the Government made a written commitment specifically to double current spending on the arts over seven years. This is the first time, as we understand it, there has been a specific commitment to double current spending. We have had those conversations directly with the Minister for Finance. I know he is very resistant to multi-annual current funding commitments but we would make the case that that is key to be able to plan. Justin Trudeau, when he made the commitment to double arts spending in Canada, set out a five to seven-year staged roadmap and one can see the benefit of it.