Ms Katherine Licken:

I will take them and Mr. Falvey might add something further. The idea of a company structure was the recommendation of the European Commission as regards European cities of culture. I believe it was in 2014 that it recommended that host cities should set up independent structures to manage the cities of culture. All 13 European cities of culture in the 2016-2022 period have been set up as independent not-for-profit or charitable organisations governed by boards of directors. This was done on the advice of the European Commission. The three sisters, which was unfortunately one of the unsuccessful proposals for a city of culture, had proposed setting up a separate structure as well. We are only aware of one European city of culture - Umeå in Sweden - that did not set up a separate entity. In Galway's case, it was set up in this way to give it flexibility. I am sorry, as I meant that Umeå in Sweden in 2014 was the last city that we are aware of that did not set up a separate company. The future role of the Galway company will be considered as part of the legacy planning, which is aimed to be completed by the end of this year.