Marie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I pay tribute to the committee for hosting this session. It has provided MiseFosta and FairPlé an opportunity to bring these issues to a higher level and to set out their detailed proposals. It is now up to us as legislators to ensure the right conditions and culture are brought about. Much was said about conditionality. I fully support the view that we as legislators need to think very seriously about how we introduce conditionality into funding right across the arts.

With regard to the independent body, Dr. Casey spoke earlier about France. We can certainly look to it and at what it has done. Perhaps there are other countries which have put an independent body in place and that this is a conversation for another day. I would like to hear those examples from other countries as that could act as a useful model for us when we are looking to developing that, in conjunction with our witnesses, in the future. I thank the Acting-Chairman for that.