Ms Helen O'Donoghue:

As everybody knows, the charter was drawn up in 2015 and we are now in 2018, so it is five years later. The recommendations which have been implemented were successfully landed across the board, as outlined by Dr. Sweeney. When it was introduced, it was introduced as a living document so it should not sit as a document belonging to 2013. It should be revised in the light of what has been achieved by the actions outlined in it and of other things that have developed.

As we are a ground-up organisation, the aim of Encountering the Arts Ireland is to take into account the initiatives that are happening at ground level and to bring them closer to policy. That is the ideal scenario.