Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for the great question. From our perspective, the arts organisations are expected to be among the first to engage with the recognition, the welcome and the welcome sticker. The Deputy will be aware that a number of the national and local LGBTI+ organisations are in touch with their national and local community art programmes and I anticipate that they would be working with them to ensure there is an ongoing sense of inclusion and acceptance in the context of the arts. It is equally important that we can draw on the arts to help us to find ways provide the visibility of the community, be that to demonstrate the challenges that remain or the ways in which people can be embraced and acknowledged.