Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)

You would need a degree to fill out some of the European grant application forms. To be honest, it is not comparing apples with apples when we look at the various organisations. It is okay for organisations that have a paid board, and a designated project manager who can spend their time chasing the grants and filling out the forms, and is educated on the point of compliance required. This is as opposed to community groups that need to make applications to LEADER, which comes under European funding. We can see how they lose out all of the time while others get through all the time. It comes back to having a paid position because some of these applications are a full-time job.