Ms Gina McIntyre:

Awareness of the scale and the problem we have at the minute is the first thing we can give the committee. The Deputy is quite right. We want to make sure we roll this programme out. It is a lot of money and we want to make sure we are making an impact with the investment and roll it out to those groups that need it. The Deputy is absolutely correct. We have no shortage of applications or interest but we are trying to make sure we reach those groups. If there was any political influence that could be used regarding the re-establishment of the North-South Ministerial Council, it is important to realise that the absence of the council is having a practical effect on all of the North-South bodies, not just us but in all different ways, and then do whatever can be done.