Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)

I thank the Senator. As she will appreciate, we are at the very early stages of budget 2026 at the moment. As I said to Deputy Ó Snodaigh a while ago my overriding priority here is to get the money element of it sorted and I will deal with the design and implementation of it after that. It would not be appropriate for me to start designing a scheme in an Oireachtas committee in the absence of a budget line. Once I have a budget line I will deal with that. It will become clear in the budget what I have got. I have no problem engaging with members of the committee either individually or collectively on what they feel is best and appropriate. I am sure the National Campaign for the Arts will have views on this as well, but at the moment my sole focus is on the budget and how much money we are going to get.