Mr. John Reilly:

The Senator is right to say the total fund per annum is approximately €232,000, which represents in the region €6 million over the lifetime of the project, but the question is how that money will be allocated. The decision to involve Mayo County Council was prescribed in the planning. The crucial aspect is that Mayo was responsible for the administration of the fund, but the governance of the administration of that fund will require the establishment of a board, which will include a member from the wind farm development company, two members from the local community, two members who are local representatives and two members from Mayo County Council. We understand the locals' concerns, which are about how this money will be distributed and by which mechanisms it will distributed. At this time, we cannot prejudice the operation of that board, but we are fully agreed that we, as the developers of the wind farm, want to see a governance arrangement that will allow the bulk of that money to flow locally. As Mr. Reilly stated, we will work tirelessly with Mayo and the board to ensure that happens in the best interests of the local communities. We can assure them of that but they are looking for prescriptive guarantees. We cannot prejudice the workings of the board but we know our seat on that board will be fully aligned with the two local representatives and, we hope, with the elected representatives from the local community. That would be five out of seven who will ultimately determine exactly how the money is distributed. We will work with the local community in that regard.