Ms Niamh Ní Chonchubhair:

To add to what Mr. Naughton has said, we are speaking about equality, diversity and inclusion. For me this is a question of belonging. If we are to talk about every art organisation having charter or commitment on belonging, one of the issues we encounter in our work whey trying to foster relationships is that one of the greatest access needs is time. One of the greatest barriers to access or participation is time. It is very difficult to apply to a funding stream and then realise something within a typical calendar year. We need to encourage in areas of influence multiannual funding or flexibility. I know this is tricky in terms of budgets and drawdown. We work with artists who identify as disabled due to chronic illness. Realising something from application to completion and then reporting would not be legitimately feasible within a calendar year. We need to encourage this flexibility. If we want to make this change purposeful rather than ticking boxes we will need to be able to foster and develop relationships with communities that intersect in all of these areas. It does not fit neatly into a calendar year. As with our colleagues here and the work they are doing with areas and streets for people with sensory sensitivities, to really embed it sometimes we need a lot more time. Sometimes the structures under which we need to operate do not facilitate this.