Mr. Karl Murphy:

I will just mention that there is also a strategic funding unit in Donegal. That is also doing really good work in respect of EU funding. Very briefly on the costs, before I pass over to my colleagues, Mr. O'Doherty and Ms Power, who may provide more concrete examples, from the perspective of personnel and time, time is often invested in an application only for it to be unsuccessful. There is a need to support project officers, as has been mentioned, because it is often the case that project officers rely on more funding coming in to allow them to continue in their role. In the first instance, it is a question of the effort, time and personnel involved upfront in completing an application. Sometimes, they may be doing this in place of another piece of work. Some of the better resourced local authorities may be in a better place to tackle that issue than others. That is principally what I meant with regard to costs but there have been examples of applications being successful at the first stage but it not being possible to complete them thereafter. I will pass over to Mr. O'Doherty and Ms Power.