Ms Aoibheann O'Brien:

There are three different projects outlined there. FoodCloud has a mixture of funding. The food industry pays a contribution for its technology service, which is very welcome. We deliver a number of Government projects. We are a host organisation for the community services programme. We deliver the ESF+ Food Support programme, for which we get an administration fee. We get other Government funding, but it tends to be annual grant rounds. For example, with the growers' project, we were awarded €165,000 from the Department of agriculture last month. However, we would look for funding - €300,000 in year one to €500,000 in year three - in order to scale that project over the new three years. We believe there is a very good return on investment for impact in terms of food recovered and in terms of access to food for those community partners across the country. In terms of the project in Kenya that is funded through Irish Aid, the scale of funding there to roll that out across Kenya is €360,000 per year. At the moment we are just in Nairobi and the surrounding areas. This is not a significant amount of funding, but it would have a massive impact. It is aligned with Irish Aid's focus area and focus country, Kenya and agri-food. Finally, we are in active discussions with the Department of the environment, representatives of which were here earlier, regarding certain priority actions, particularly involving surplus food redistribution under the food waste prevention roadmap. We feel that our expertise and experience can support the achievement of some of those actions. We are in active discussions with the Department regarding funding for resources, where we can actually turn those actions into deliverables for the Department. The funding proposal is in discussion with that Department and it is €250,000.