I will ensure the development of the Academy for the Performing Arts, in keeping with the Government decision. As the Deputy is aware the next steps in the development of the academy will be the appointment of a governing authority and a president. The position on the achievement of a regional spread for the academy is that the academy will be set up on a nodal basis, incorporating: a headquarters and significant facilities on a site to be provided on the DCU campus; a Limerick campus developing the existing Irish World Music Centre at UL; an under-graduate professional dance facility based at the Firkin Crane Dance Development Agency in Cork. Once established, it is envisaged that the academy will establish links with other providers of performing arts education and training throughout the island.