Ms Máire Logue:

We will spend the rest of July completing our post-event report for Fáilte Ireland for €30,000. It is kind of soul-destroying, but we must do it because we must get the income. That is where we are regarding Creative Ireland.

Regarding what Deputy Brassil said about volunteers and Garda vetting, everyone involved in our children's festival and our young adults' festival must be Garda vetted. Not only must they be Garda vetted, but authors in Dublin, who will have been Garda vetted in Dublin, must be Garda vetted again if they come to Kerry. This is where there is absolutely no co-ordination, and it makes programming for festivals and so on really difficult. Administration can be really difficult and laborious and take up a lot of time. I really appreciate the Deputy's positive statements about being in contact with the Government and with Members far more. We are probably not in contact more often perhaps because of time constraints, the way in which we do it and whether we cover-----