Mr. Niall Murphy:

I respectfully encourage the Senator to avail of the opportunity to read our published positions. We have taken public positions and have submitted to the public record detailed publications. I encourage the Senator to read them. We also submitted our mission statement and documents setting out our background, values and ethos to the committee. I encourage him to take the time to reflect on the documents.

I would be more than content to meet with him and spend more time engaging so that he can gain a better understanding of our organisation. I fear that the Senator has not fully appreciated our aims and objectives and our intentions, which are crystal clear from our website, webcasts, public meetings and research documents. I fear that the Senator has a deep misunderstanding and misapprehension in respect of our organisation. I would like to assist him in understanding our aims and objectives more comprehensively.

He raised the issue of finance. We receive no finance whatsoever from any political party. I am more than happy to place that on the record. Details of a patron scheme are available on our website, whereby anyone who reads, reflects on and understands our work and would like to contribute to it, can become a patron of Ireland's Future. It costs €10 per month, nominally. Some people pay more. Most people pay €10 per month. We have also receive some donations from different people to a larger and more significant extent. Our budget is not-----