Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

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

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Falvey should note the Abbey Theatre used the wage subsidy scheme and kept its employees. It did what the Government asked, which was to maintain the relationship between employers and employees. It is publicly funded. Why did the film producers not do the same thing?

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