I thank the Taoiseach. There are still 14 Deputies offering. I call Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher.

This question relates to A Programme for a Partnership Government and funding for the Ability programme. There was an announcement by the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, in conjunction with the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, last year inviting applications for this programme. Will the Taoiseach explain why there is such a regional imbalance in approving funding under this programme? Everywhere north of a line from Galway and Roscommon to Dublin has been excluded. No one can understand this. It was not that we were not here. Other Donegal Deputies and I were present when representatives from the Bluestacks Special Needs Foundation and other groups such as iCare met the Minister. However, yesterday we were chastised by the Taoiseach's Donegal Minister. He said we are wrong to say that Donegal is being snubbed and that this is a myth. Donegal is being snubbed. It is not a myth, it is a fact.

Will the Minister of State please-----

It is separate. It is to do with jobs.

I will leave one of these-----

It is to do with jobs.

If the Minister of State was as vociferous about this as he is about other things-----

The Deputy should tell the truth. It is a separate issue.

Please, Deputies.

I am asking the Taoiseach.

The time is up. We can hear an answer to the question from the Taoiseach.

That was a separate issue.

That is what it means to have manners. I will have manners.

The Deputy is playing to the Gallery.

The Minister of State should know better.

The question is heard. Please let the Taoiseach answer the question.

At this rate it is going to be a long five weeks.

The Taoiseach is correct.

There is no legislation promised on this matter but I will make inquiries with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, and ask her to furnish the Deputy with a detailed reply.