Ms Eibhl?n N? Mhunghaile:

To go back to the question on companies in Border regions not accessing support, the bar is very high on the media side to be able to access the funding. One needs to have a proven international track record. It is not for newcomers; it is for companies that already have an established reputation and a track record of distributing projects internationally. As a desk, what we often do for companies that are not ready or in a position to access the funding is to direct them to European training programmes. There is a training initiative within the media strand but it is aimed at upskilling professionals rather than at second level or undergraduates at third level. It is more training than education. We can direct newcomers or people starting out to those training programmes. They are often high-level European training programmes. It is where they meet their European peers, find-----