Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will he commission that report?

Finally, regarding the arts, the Taoiseach had a very good engagement with the artistic community, as he articulated earlier. Did he at any time during his trip to the United States reflect on the absence of a real focus on the arts in Ireland? The artistic community feels very neglected, and the Taoiseach's attendance at and the strength of the event in the US contrasts sharply with the neglect of the arts sector in Ireland for quite some time, most recently in the undermining of the arts through the allocation of ministerial portfolios.

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