Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

Maybe but maybe not. It was a legitimate and well-founded question. I am genuinely concerned that much of this money has been dealt with in such a way as to raise serious questions about sustainability. People from all walks of life come to me and ask about these bodies. "Who are they?" they say, "I never heard of them in my area. I did not know they existed." I shrug my shoulders and say the board assigns the money. People seriously query how certain bodies received the money, but I trust that Area Development Management, ADM, used fair criteria. It is difficult to be objective because the criteria is too wide. It becomes an essay competition. However, that is how ADM did it. If either Senator ever becomes Minister——