Chairman:

Before we leave heading A, I notice that the number of Irish artists supported by the Culture Ireland programme has reduced from 582 in 2013 to 300 in 2015 and the budget has been reduced from €3.9 million to €2.5 million. That is less than one tax break to one company for one film made in the country last year. It is important that we do not have an inverted pyramid for funding such that a few organisations get massive funding but the funding for the average ordinary struggling artist is at the bottom.