Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The delegates are very welcome. It is important to emphasise that music is a business as well as being culture and education. Reference was made to the more than 11,000 people involved in the industry and the capacity for further employment. Putting it on what one could call a more regularised footing would be advantageous.

When one speaks about Irish music, perhaps the correct terminology is traditional music, but must people refer to it as Irish music? There are many genres of Irish music, leading to folk and other types, but one thinks of Irish music in the context of the Irish Music Rights Organisation, IMRO. Does IMRO represent people with recording labels?