Ms Loretta Yurick:

I have not met with the current Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht but I met the previous two Ministers because I have been in dance for that long. We have tried to continually meet with Ministers. I am not sure that any of us has met with the current Minister. I applaud what Ms Crosbie said. Much of it is about money. We get some money from the Arts Council and, from that money, we are expected to raise other money. We have about five other fundraising programmes. We go after agencies and put together piecemeal, in our spare time, the money for these wonderful outreach programmes. I am sure I am speaking for my colleagues. I came to this meeting from a class of 60 seniors. The work is full-time. We need leadership in the Government that says that dance has a power and is relevant today. The Government needs to support this because it is good for young people, for adults who are stressed and for seniors who are lonely, who may not have a husband or children any more, and are living alone. It brings people together communally and the things they are doing are diverse. I am sorry I have not met with the current Minister, especially because she is originally from Dún Laoghaire. There are only so many hours in a day. We are all trying to get funding.