Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall. I want to follow up on Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett's questions about the arts. Last week my colleague, Deputy Joan Burton, asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs about the row between Aosdána and the Arts Council about the cnuas stipend paid to members of Aosdána. It appears that a time and motion study is to be conducted by the Department to determine the productivity levels of artists. That will be an interesting little exercise.

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