Mr. John A. Moran:

Grant aid is available in other countries but not in Ireland, and that is the point we have been making from the beginning. We need a much broader and larger grant aid scheme that allows each of the different sectors to apply it differently. Some countries, in the case of new firms starting up, have allowed quick cash to be based just on the number of people employed. They have found other mechanisms to provide grants but we have just not got that yet.