Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The main step is that continued funding would require grantees to self-certify that they have not had an allegation of bullying, harassment or sexual harassment upheld against them for which a current disciplinary warning or sanction is in place. As Minister, I assure the committee that it is my firm policy intention that organisations that are not found to be providing a safe working environment for artists and arts workers will risk disallowing themselves from future funding streams. Damaging behaviour is simply unacceptable. While I fully expect organisations across the sector to embrace this agenda and to respond proactively to the matters raised in the survey, I wish to be crystal clear that where that is not the case, funding is at risk - full stop.