Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

We will not ask as many supplementary questions but we will try to be helpful with them as well, a Cheann Comhairle.

It is important to recognise, as the Minister does in her reply, that in particular at times of economic doubt, which is the case at present, a greater responsibility falls on a country's culture and everything associated with it to enhance the image of the country, its employment potential and public interest, and to revive public confidence in the national institutions. What does the Minister intend to do specifically under each of the headings to which she referred? I am conscious of the report to which she referred setting out the employment potential and existing employment in the general area of arts and culture. Does she have a specific plan to identify each of the headings with a view to expanding, interacting and maximising the potential in all of those areas?

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