Mr. Martin Collins:

On funding and who can access it, often it is about capacity and having the skills to navigate a very cumbersome and awkward system of applications which not everyone can do. That needs to be simplified. As part of the funding allocation process, Pavee Point will call for the introduction of an ethnic identifier so that we can map and measure which groups, communities and minorities are accessing the funding so as to ensure that minority and marginalised groups are being well represented when it comes to funding allocation. We do not have a real sense of that now therefore we would encourage the inclusion of an ethnic identifier on the application form. If we can establish from the data that minority groups are not accessing the funding to the extent they should then we would have to rethink our strategy. That data and that information is crucial. We need to know who is accessing the funding.