Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

What is the Department doing about the row that seems to have broken out with the Arts Council in respect of the proposal on the cnuas, the stipend, paid to several members of Aosdána? Apparently, a time and motion study is to be conducted by the Department on the productivity of artists. This is like something out of An Béal Bochtby Flann O’Brien or Cré na Cilleby Máirtín Ó Cadhain. What the heck is going on in the Department Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs? What is the Minister doing about it?

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