Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The document I have here is the Irish Equity document on bullying and harassment. I am amazed that the Minister has not yet read it. It shockingly states that 60% of workers in the arts have been bullied while at work and that 70% of those bullied did not report it, which is incredible. It states that 60% of people who work in the arts work in a freelance manner and those two issues are by no means unrelated because the precarious nature of work within the arts means there is undue employer power and as a result there is exploitation of workers. It seems that the Minister is becoming the Minister for outsourcing responsibility.

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