Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Hopefully the cry will be heeded and we will be in a much healthier place. I thank everybody and sincerely wish them well on Friday. The transcript and full presentation, including the slides, will be sent to the Minister in order that she is kept abreast of our discussion. When she comes before the committee to discuss the Estimates in March, we hope to persuade her that they are wrong and that she should look at them again or, at the very least, give a commitment to increased funding and, as the Taoiseach has said, front-load it rather than promise it for two or three years' time. Some of the issues are specific to funding, especially for the practitioners who are living on the breadline or barely surviving. Without them, we would not have the joys of theatre in Ireland.