Marie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank witnesses from SAOI, ITI, and the Arts Council for being here. The common thread in why we are here is to discuss the systemic nature, which the Arts Council acknowledged in its submission, of the culture of harassment and bullying within the sector. I acknowledge that the Arts Council does not cover all the arts, but it covers a large share of them. The requirement for leadership was raised and obviously the Arts Council has an important role in showing leadership.

This question is to Ms Kennelly. With regard to the weighting for equality, diversity and inclusion policies, what is that weighting and does it apply to all funding streams or funding programmes? Is it sufficiently comprehensive? Ms Traynor spoke about the requirement for anti-sexual harassment policies and a much more explicit type of policy. I would like to hear the detail with regards to the weighting.