Ms Maureen Kennelly:

The weighting was introduced for the first time in the most recent funding round, and that was for what we call our strategically funded organisations and arts centres, which number approximately 150 organisations. We will be rolling it out to others. The weighting at present is 10%, but that is something we certainly will be reviewing for years to come. This is new for all of us, but it is something we are keeping under close review. I have to say that we were impressed with the level that people reached in this first year, but that is not to ignore that there is a huge amount of work to be done. That is why we want to help people through this. These publicly-funded organisations have a public sector duty. In tandem with all the other programmes it is about us informing these organisations of their obligations.