Ms Mary Palmer:

I represent the largest collective in Ireland. The budget for an event we run in the summer is €60,000. DCCI gave us €5,000 this year, which was a big benefit. Its budget is tiny. The collectives are going to the arts officers in their cities and counties and local enterprise offices. They may be going to Fáilte Ireland. They are going any place they can for funding because there are so few funds available for the craft community and sector.