Ms Maureen Kennelly:

I will address the workspaces in particular. I am glad the Senator raised it and that the National Campaign for the Arts has singled it out. We are working closely with the Department on it. The Senator can keep raising it in forums like this. As he rightly said, we need to identify spaces. There are 2,500 people identified as artists in Dublin, with just 600 spaces. Our own recent research backs up the Dublin City Council research. That is an acute, urgent need. The brilliant pilot basic income for artists will only grow that problem for us, which is why this is an even more acute need. We need to look after the future generations of artists. It is great that we have that programme. Workspaces are absolutely the next thing to tackle. As the Senator hopefully knows, we are engaged in an exciting project with Dublin Port. We are working closely with the Department on a feasibility study, which has been developed by Grafton Architects. That represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform that part of the city. We believe that model could be followed by other cities. This is about identification of spaces and allocation of capital, whether to the Department or to us. There is sufficient expertise in both to know where we need to spend the funds.