Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht

Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Discussion

Mr. Liam Fitzgerald:

The short answer to the Deputy's question is "Yes". Talent loss is a big concern to us. One of our main concerns centres around the lack of the clarity and certainty that would be generated by having what we would call a roadmap with mile markers on it. Our fear at the moment is that we might see both staff and artists being offered work abroad. If technicians, sound engineers and others do not have certainty in this country about when we are going to see movement towards reopening, they might hedge their bets by moving abroad and we may not get them back, as has been the case many times in the past.

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