Ms Orlaith McBride:

We work with small organisations in receipt of funding under €25,000 and we ask them for different reports than the reports we request from organisations in receipt of moneys in excess of that. For example, we demand much more of West Cork Music in terms of assurances about the use of the resources than we do of Fit-Up, a small theatre festival in Deputy Michael Collins's constituency which gets approximately €8,000 from us. We ask much less of them because they are getting far less money. We have a small festivals scheme for small voluntary organisations and it covers approximately 150 to 160 festivals, which are tiny events. Some of them get only €3,000 or €4,000 a year but for them it is a huge amount of money. There is other funding at local level and we also work very much in partnership with local authorities to ensure they support the local and voluntary sector. As such, the reporting requirements are relative to the amount of funding. An organisation in receipt of €4,000 is not asked for the same level of reporting as an organisation in receipt of €250,000. We have schemes which are focused on smaller voluntary organisations which do not have a whole structure surrounding them. They simply involve people giving of their time and making applications. We understand that as much as we can.