Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion
Ms Mary Nash:
Screen Ireland, the Department and our consultants and partners in this, the Irish Theatre Institute, developed it. I believe the committee has talked to Ms Siobhán Bourke and Ms Jane Daly. As we have gone through this, it is all learning for us because we are kind of at the cutting edge. Even Ms Daly and Ms Bourke are saying that they are learning all the time, and we are learning. There is an element of trying things out and then going to the funding bodies, the Arts Council and Screen Ireland, and asking them if they would put in a condition about this and whether they would require it. From the Department's point of view, we can put some extra conditions into section 481. We all are well aware of the reports of negative, bad and damaging behaviours in the industry. It is not only in our industry, but we still have to address it. We are helping each other along all the time. This is one of the Minister's priorities and she is very supportive of it.
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