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

I thank Deputy O'Sullivan and the witnesses for their presentations today which were really moving. I come from an arts background. My discipline is painting, dance, contemporary arts and working in the Garage Theatre in the performing arts area. I am struck by what Ms Lynch did not say. She was alluding to personal experience or experience within the comedian performance genre. My own experience has been broadly positive and I wonder is that because of the disciplines I have been involved in. Has any analysis been done on the disciplines most affected by harassment, sexual assault and so on? I am sure the disciplines themselves and the types of settings have an impact. Would anyone like to comment on that? Is there something that they did not get the chance to say that they would like to say here today while they have the ears of the Oireachtas committee?