Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I could actually ask questions all day as well. A simple one concerns how we compare with other EU countries in the context of funding and resources. Is our funding at the same level or well below? With regard to the Ballymount Castle gatehouse, the local authority did not really want to work on it but we managed to get it done through Ms Irenie McLoughlin and others. It was really difficult and painful to make it happen. Maybe I should not be mentioning Ms McLoughlin's name. Considering the workload she has to try to deal with all the protected structures, it seems like we do not care about heritage in this country. I mentioned the Ballymount Castle gatehouse to one person when canvassing and he said it was wasting money. There were not too many championing it, which depresses me. France and Spain, where I go quite a bit, are magicians with old buildings and can convert them into modern buildings, as Deputy O'Donoghue was saying. I do not know where we are at. We know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. To return to my question, do we get a pittance compared to other countries?