Cecilia Keaveney (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. Will he continue to monitor this issue? It is fundamental not to the creation of the musicians of the future but to the overall development of our young people. Given that the Minister mentioned the funding by the Department of Education and Science of the two pilot programmes in Donegal and Dublin, will he examine both programmes and consider mainstreaming and expanding them nationally? Recently, I met the City of Dublin VEC group and it has a good pack which it wants to distribute to the entire country. This links into the in-service training required for primary schools which the Minister of State mentioned. I do not want to use the term "idiot-proof" but mainstreaming and supporting the idiot-proof pack for people who are not musically inclined which exists under the pilot programme will give impetus to the good work mentioned by the Minister of State in his response.