The Minister for the Arts in Ireland made mention in his speech about the level of funding given to Irish traditional music, and also said that in the last 2 years, he had awarded 5 mill euros to Comhaltas for its development plan .... and 165,000 euros to the Archive's capital expenditure, and a further 3mill euros to traditional arts and another half a million euros to .... you get the picture .... he wants to make the traditional arts amongst the top 3 best funded arts forms in the next 3 to 5 years.......
Do we have a political party in ther UK that would make the same commitment ....?

Was not the quote I was looking for...but........it will do........
With grants like that, believe you me, funding would be no problem for the EFDSS!!

If you think digitising and making things available is simple, talk to Malcolm Douglas - who may read this thread - about the "simple" task of reproducing the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, or of "Marrow Bones" (forthcoming).

As Anahata says, there are enormous management implications if it is to be done properly. And they are costly.