Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

I can speak to this because if there is a bigger fan of the orchestra than the Deputy, it is me. I have been to a lot of its concerts since I have been here and am a huge supporter of it. I was at the Bord Gáis Theatre along with 2,000 people for Marty Whelan and the orchestra and it was fantastic. It is great to see that connection. We are ambitious to get it playing more around the country. That is just a question of funding. We are already doing a bit of that. We have spoken to the orchestra. It tells us that it knows it has full support from the top of the organisation and it has ambitious plans we want to back.