My question is for the Minister for Rural and Community Development. I have been approached about funding for shows. In recent years, some money has been available for them and for Tidy Towns. Will the Minister provide an update about funding for shows and Tidy Towns in future? It is important that these people get funding.

I thank the Deputy for asking the question. This matter was raised by Deputy Eugene Murphy a number of weeks ago. He indicated that we had cut the allocation for shows. I want to put on the record of the House that there is no budget for shows. I used discretionary money for two years to give the shows some funding. The Irish Shows Association thanked me for that funding. Deputy Eugene Murphy, the Irish Farmers' Journal and the Roscommon Herald got it wrong. I hope they will correct the record.

They are all wrong except for the Minister.

I gave the shows €812,000 one year and €600,000 the next. I gave Tidy Towns-----

Sligo and Westport.

-----€1.4 million over the past last two years. Deputy Ó Cuív referred to the rural regeneration scheme last week and he got it wrong because he said that no funding had been drawn down. Last year, I stated that I would not spend the budget but we spent 99.9% of it. They got it wrong again. Will Deputies Ó Cuív and Eugene Murphy listen to Deputy Calleary because they do not seem to know what is going on? If they want to ask me directly, I will give them any of the answers they want. I am delighted to give the shows and Tidy Towns funding.

With regard to the rural regeneration scheme, if the Deputy checked with Údarás na Gaeltachta-----

Mayo money.

-----he would have discovered that it has drawn down funding for Gteic in Connemara and will draw down further funding in the coming weeks. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to correct the record.