Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an bhfreagra sin. The return to full employment for the entertainment industry and those involved in artistic endeavour will prove challenging as we go through the phases of the roadmap. In some ways the Minister is asking all of those engaged in that sector of society to wait until the budget or when the task force will be set up at some stage.

Whenever I have had an opportunity, either in the Dáil or at meetings of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response, I have asked when the task force will be set up in order that some type of surety will be given to those in the sector in general. Many artists, musicians and those involved in the entertainment business are hanging on by their fingernails. For many of them who have seen their income collapse totally, as have many others in society, there is no possibility of seeing any income before next year. At that stage, they might have moved on to a different industry or they might have left the country.

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