Mr. Barry O'Connor:

The Chairman asked about corporate buy-in. I would see any grants for infrastructure as being on a 50:50 basis. Prize funds are done in the same way as for racing, in that one would have to come up with a percentage oneself. I will ask Mr. Power to talk about this shortly.

I was asked about apprenticeship schemes. We do not have apprenticeship schemes or a cohesive training programme at the moment, although some programmes are run by Teagasc and different colleges. We have a very good training programme for riding skills but if a farmer wants to diversify income on a small holding, there is no business course they can do which is similar to the green certificate that is done when inheriting a farm. We do not have any of that type of education such as there are in different areas of agriculture.

Mr. Power is best placed to answer on where the Government has used public funds for infrastructure grants to private individuals in a way that has trickled down into the local economy.