Chairman:

This is a difficult question. Funds come through the Arts Council to many production companies and theatres that employ individuals on these types of contracts.

The governance of those organisations must reach a certain standard for them to attain their funding, which is proper and right. Let us say that a regulatory body such as the Workplace Relations Commission has found that an organisation has consistently not adhered to these laws. Does the Irish Equity group believe that such a situation should be one of the criteria used by the Arts Council and the Department to adjudge future funding for that organisation?