Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is the case already. Organisations must be in compliance with the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011, which include issues such as bullying and harassment. I am working with the Arts Council to arrange regional workshops to address all of those issues. We will meet in the Abbey Theatre initially but workshops will be held across the country for arts and cultural organisations to hear about the requirements on them. Deputy Smyth and I came out of the workplace and we know that staff and management need to be made aware of their responsibilities because sometimes in the world of work norms creep in that are unacceptable to others. Everybody needs to get the training and to familiarise themselves with what is acceptable and what is not. I agree that what has been going on is unacceptable. I will work with the Arts Council to roll out that training.

Regarding Cruinniú na Cásca, as happened last year many top quality artists, including the RTÉ concert orchestra, will play across four stages in Dublin. Department policy is that artists are employed on industry rates. We can get more details on that for Deputy Smyth.