Mr. Pat Colgan:

All INTERREG projects have to satisfy certain criteria. Most importantly, there must be an element of cross-Border participation in the preparation, management, staffing and funding of these projects. All of them would have met those criteria. The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources would probably have taken the lead on some of the energy projects referred to by Mr. Griffin. For example, we looked at a project called the ISLES project, which would have involved looking at east-west energy connectivity opportunities.