Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
1:30 pm
Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I will go backwards through the Chairman's questions. If I forget anything, he might remind me. With regard to the Gate Theatre, we had an initiative in Liberty Hall last week which the Irish Theatre Institute, ITI, ran and my Department supported. This was called Speak Up & Call It Out. It was a collaborative event to help the sector deal with the bullying and harassment claims that have happened over recent years as a result of the investigations that happened in the Gate Theatre and it was very well received. There are learnings, in answer to the Chairman's questions, that can be had from that throughout all industries as well as the film industry. With regard to any appointments to the Irish Film Board, that is a matter for the Public Appointments Service, PAS. If there is somebody from the craft sector who is interested, if the Chairman is talking about an appointment-----
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