Ms Aisling Moran:

I have one last comment on the rural regeneration and development fund, RRDF. Comhar na nOileán submitted an application to that programme. Where we fall down is in the context of how the applications to the RRDF programme will be valued and measured. We are not going to come up in that regard because we do not have the numbers. Even though we need the funding just as much as elsewhere, we are not competing. When our outputs are considered in the context of the programme's assessment criteria, our measurables are not there for that. We require something to weight our measurables for that kind of programme. An enterprise hub, for example, established in our context might effect 100 or 200 people, whereas that could be 1,000 or 2,000 if it was a town centre. I understand the value for money aspect that the Government must seek. Equally, though, how are we ever going to be able to access this type of funding if we are not even standing on the pitch? I thank the Deputy for highlighting these issues and for the questions.