Mr. Adrian Moynes:

I will address a funding dilemma and put it on the record. An organisation such as ours is wholly dedicated to the support of creative artists. We want to draw people from as many fields of artistic performance as possible, from circus performance to symphonic music and everything in between. We want to enable them to stay with us at the minimum possible cost. There is a real question about the extent to which organisations such as the Tyrone Guthrie Centre should be expected to become revenue generating. We could make much more money but the price would be much higher fees for artists, public bursaries would not go as far, and ultimately there would be further strain on public financing. There is a vicious circle which we really need to stay out of.