Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I suspect it is more for the parents to get out, although that might just be me.

Obviously, we are transitioning away from a Covid period whereby the requirement to support artists in this way may be changing. The Minister indicated a transition to a basic income model for artists. What questions are now being asked of her and her Department by this sector in advance of the budget? Is this still the sort of funding being sought through the local authorities or is there a recognition we are moving back, I hope, to reality? Even if we are still having baby raves, we might be moving back to a more realistic form of providing entertainment in the long run. I appreciate the model of funding may be transitioning and I wonder whether the Minister can give me more detail on that in advance of the budget.

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