Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ms Callery makes a very compelling argument. We can all hear that in her voice. Speaking as someone who worked in the arts, it is frustrating to think of the creatives who have to go through the tedious job of putting applications together for the patchwork of funding and convincing people to give them money. That happens even before they enter the real creative process of making a production. It must be frustrating. Ms Callery has made the case well.