Sir, – Further to Gavin Brennan's letter on arts funding and bureaucracy (May 23rd), the Arts Council is not alone here. A good number of Irish funding agencies believe the highest form of evolution is Homo Applicans, a producer of documents rather than anything of value. The success of Homo Applicans is widely attributed to its co-evolution with Homo Electus. – Yours, etc,
TOMMY WEIR,
Dromahaire,
Leitrim.