Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

No. I have spoken about this with the Deputy's party leadership as well, who I know are in favour of direct taxation. There are distinct advantages to direct funding, so long as the appropriate safeguards are in place. A number of the Nordic countries have introduced it with those safeguards, like multi-annual five to seven years, with safeguards about how the level of funding is decided with annual increase of 2%. There are schemes that work but there are schemes where it can lead to political interference if the safeguards are not in place. The key, as I said before, for us is a decision where - I welcome the Taoiseach saying they will make that decision by the end of the month - it is at the right level, it is multi-annual and it provides sustainability for us.