Dr. Rachel Holstead:

I very much welcome the comment on artists' spaces and wish to highlight that this is not just an urban issue but is a rural issue also. In some ways it is more so, because the geography, the artists and the communities of which they are part are more dispersed. A consistent need is being articulated to us in the Gaeltacht areas and right across the Gaeltacht areas. Any higher-level policy direction on the use of public buildings, publicly funded buildings, or parts of those for the arts would be very welcome.