Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

One of the problems I have experienced when proposing budget alternatives is that economic impact reports on heritage, audiovisual sectors and the arts come from different years and, with the exception of the audiovisual sector, these reports are out of date. Under Part 9 of the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council has a general function to "furnish advice or information to a Minister of the Government [...] whenever the Council considers it appropriate". Does the witness accept that the Arts Council has fallen short in the last eight or nine years in developing upon the living and working conditions report or the economic impact report? Can we expect more research that would enable the Minister to approach the Department of Finance in budget 2020?