I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 515 together.
Following the Call for Proposals under the competitive €300 million Gateway Innovation Fund (GIF) which issued in June 2007, proposals from all nine National Spatial Strategy Gateways were received by the closing date of 15 November 2007. These proposals are currently being evaluated against the criteria set down in the Call for Proposals by the GIF Management Committee which consists of representatives of my Department and the Department of Finance (with appropriate input from other Departments and agencies as required). Goodbody Economic Consultants have been commissioned to assist in the evaluation process. The Committee will report and make recommendations to the Tánaiste and to me as soon as possible, and we will jointly bring our recommendations to Government thereafter.