Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector

Mr. Conor Falvey:

Yes. We only received some of these proposals yesterday. Some of the organisations are newly formed because new challenges have arisen that were not there before. There are measures out there through the Arts Council to support creative workers but a lot of people working in the sector are not directly engaged in that. These include lighting technicians, engineers, carpenters and so on. I want to say publicly that the concerns of that part of the sector are understood by the Department and we are working with commercial operators to see what measures are possible to support the resumption of activity in accordance with public health guidance. It is challenging and difficult and that is why we are engaging with them. They are at the centre of our considerations at present.

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