The financial support available to arts officers in local authorities – particularly in my local authority – is derisory compared to the work being done. We want to establish an alternative to the drink culture. If we could find another outlet for young people's energies, we could move them away from the pub culture. The Minister must provide funding. However, while the provision of €100 to an artistic group in a community is welcome in the absence of anything else, it is derisory in the overall context.