Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and giving us a report. I have a lot to learn and if I go off track I ask the witnesses to bring me back. All European countries are speaking about military spending at present. Mr. Murphy said we have to contribute to the European Union. Do we have any idea what we are contributing at present or what we will have to contribute in monetary terms in future? If an amount is going to be invested in military spending, we can see it will have some effect on the money we will get from Europe in future. This is how we would be thinking anyway. With regard to investing in paying off the debt, I often think that a few years after the dollar goes weak it normally comes back. I have some questions on LEADER but I ask Mr. Murphy to answer these first.