Mr. Conor Falvey:

Going back, the thinking when the national development plan was being drawn up was that there had been significant investment during the previous decade in local arts infrastructure, particularly in regional locations. Quite a number of arts centres were built under the access schemes in the late 1990s and into the 2000s. The question was more around what the priority was and if €40 million was enough to deal with emerging demands and the maintenance of those facilities. In fairness, we are in something of an evolving situation with the rate at which economic growth is taking place. The pressure on artists' spaces is an evolving and emerging issue to some degree. There is scope within the national development plan to respond to those pressures. We are engaged with the local authorities in the areas where those issues are most acute.