Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There is not a blanket understanding across the sector and there have been some difficulties with individual venues, which were battling with their insurance companies to obtain some refunds to reflect the fact that they have not been open to the public and there is obviously less risk associated with that. Given that both the Minister and I are extremely interested in the arts and culture sector, I urge him to consider very deeply the calls by individual and national arts organisations to allow them to reopen safely, with some limitations, during the Christmas period so people can enjoy live music and live culture experiences in individual galleries, museums and arts centres across the country. I ask him to consider that, as I know he has an important meeting later today with his Government colleagues to consider how we lift the level 5 restrictions and move safely into December and early January.

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