Ms Maureen Kennelly:

To be clear, this money was coming from the Department via capital funds. The expenditure of €6.675 million did not have any impact on grant aid that going to individual artists or organisations. I want to make that absolutely clear.

In terms of the current system, I will pass to my colleague, Mr. Anyanwu. Our imperatives were twin in terms of bringing in this new system. It was creaking on its hinges. It was out of warranty. We knew that we needed a new system but also we knew that it was clunky and cumbersome for applicants. We were worried about its usability, but Mr. Anyanwu came on board and has been able to make some fantastic mitigations to it.