The corncrake grant scheme, operated by the Irish Wildlife Conservancy, is jointly funded by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Dúchas, the heritage service of my Department. Since 1992, this scheme has attracted State funding through Dúchas of £333,000, including a grant of £64,000 committed for the current year. In addition a sum of £2,500 is being provided this year to assist in the funding of a national corncrake census. The Irish Wildbird Conservancy supplies data in relation to corncrake numbers occurring in core areas not by county are set out in the following table.