Mr. Ollie Kenny:

The problems with rehearsing time will be difficult to address because we are not allowed to have indoor gathering as such. The committee asked a question about innovation and how we might deal with that. I know people are rehearsing outdoor and in big spaces. There was a situation last year where an amateur drama group in Wexford put on what was the only performance in the British Isles on the weekend in question. We are leading the way in that regard. People have taken that up. There has been considerable online activity and it has been innovative. That has been going on for the past two years but people are Zoomed out and fed up with the way things are being conducted.

What we really need is guidelines and a clear roadmap for when we can get back in and get people onstage again. Deputy Mythen mentioned antigen testing. I do not believe antigen testing will work for the amateur sector. It creates problems for groups based in the community hall in a back village. I mean no disrespect to villages because I come from a village myself. Not every little village will be able to provide antigen testing. The way it is conducted is complex for a small rural setting.