Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Committee on Public Petitions
National Orchestras: Discussion
1:30 pm
Mr. Rory Coveney:
We would be in a very different place today if there had been no reaction from the State or, indeed, if there had been a hostile or a "you are on your own lads" type response. We are taking the Ministers at their word. As I said, the Cabinet and Government have considered the review formally, have accepted it in principle, and have made a specific decision around the future home. The details of the funding, how it will happen, when it will happen, and everything else are yet to come out. I like to believe we are in a good place but we share the Chairman's concerns. This is by no means a done deal. There is a gap between lip and cup as they say. We very much want to get up and running on the details.
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