Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Does the Minister appreciate the sense of crisis which has beset the Gate Theatre and its image, notwithstanding it having had a very long and successful period as a leading theatre in Ireland, and the implications this has for Ireland's reputation, nationally and internationally? What assurance can she give to the thousands of students who are potentially thinking of pursing a career in the arts that if they do so, they will not face harassment and bullying?

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