Ms Emilie Conway:

Yes, it does. We need consistent, sustained engagement that also meets our access requirements. One of the things we asked for was that we would not have to be emailing so much and that we could have regular, efficient, short meetings because none of us have much time. That has not happened. Those access requirements have not been met. Follow-up has not happened. The commitments that the Minister made have not been followed through. We are therefore at a point now where we are here and there has been no change.

Red's story and what he created are particularly poignant. He is basically having to deconstruct the beautiful Jazz Ireland community resource he made, on which the jazz community has depended for the past seven years. As a result of the inaction and lack of interest, that is where Red is at, sadly.