Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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Sorry, I had to pop up to the Chamber to speak so I hope I do not cover stuff that other speakers covered.

I want to revisit one of the questions I asked earlier. It was the first question I asked and it was about how artists and the artistic community are perceiving this. In the answer Mr. Ó Coigligh gave me, he said that the Minister has made assurances about his support of the basic income project and that the witnesses see evidence of that in the report. Can they tell me more about what the Department is doing to provide reassurance? To recap on the question, it is that alongside the changing of the name and the deterioration - I do not want to say it is a deterioration of the relationship between the two bodies, but there has definitely been a lot of talk and I think there is concern within the community that what was progress in the arts sector will be rolled back. What is the Department doing now amid all this to-----