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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Deputy Smyth is next. Are you taking five minutes, Deputy?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am afraid I do not know. I have Deputy McGuinness down. After that I do not know who is next.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Does anyone-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Did Mr. Dunne want to contribute? We have gone slightly over time.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Ms O'Connor indicated that she wishes to contribute. Was it on this point or an earlier matter? I am sorry but it is a little difficult to know who wants to contribute when we are in different rooms.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I believe Mr. Dunne wanted to respond to one of Deputy Gannon's questions.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Dunne and Deputy Gannon.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am perplexed by the fact that it is acceptable to have 150 people in an aircraft for three hours yet 150 people in the Abbey Theatre is a threat to life. That is nonsense. During the reign of clerics, the arts were supported but it seems during the reign of medics, they are left to go to the wall.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: It is not clear whether there is any legal restriction on gatherings in churches. I do not think there is such a restriction. It was not stipulated in the previous regulations. I do not know whether there are regulations in being at the moment. Insurance may be an issue. Obviously, every premises is free to determine whether to open, but that is a different issue. Has Deputy Collins...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: As some Deputies have gone to the Convention Centre for votes that may be called, we are not under the same time pressure that we were under in previous meetings. I thank Deputy Clarke for her patience. She has ten minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I apologise for interrupting, given that we are in a committee meeting and are not having a conversation, but NPHET and the Health and Safety Authority do not make laws. The outgoing Minister made the law and there is now a new Minister for Health, who has the power to change the law, annul the law or whatever.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I often wonder whether we value our artists or our dead artists. The dead ones are cheaper to value. I thank all the witnesses for attending and sharing their stories and testimonies. The meeting has certainly been enlightening and powerful.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: We have been notified that Deputies Sorca Clarke, Steven Matthews, Gary Gannon, Cormac Devlin, Kathleen Funchion, Gino Kenny, John Lahart, Paul Murphy, Darren O'Rourke, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Richard Boyd Barrett and Niamh Smyth will substitute for their party colleagues today. I also congratulate Deputies Colm Brophy, Mary Butler and Ossian Smyth on their...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I welcome our witnesses from the arts, entertainment and tourism sectors. I apologise for being out of breath. From the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht we have Ms Katherine Licken, Secretary General; Mr Conor Falvey, assistant secretary; Dr. Aodhán Mac Cormaic, director of Irish; and Ms Tania Banotti, director of the Creative Ireland programme. From Fáilte...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I ask Ms Licken to conclude if possible.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Ms Licken. I ask Mr. Kelly to limit his statement to five minutes as his submission has already been circulated.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Kelly for his statement and for keeping to the five-minute time limit. With that, I will open it to the floor. Is Deputy Ó Snodaigh taking ten minutes?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Falvey. Is that okay, Deputy Ó Snodaigh?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: The Deputy is out of time. If he continues, he will take from his colleagues' time but if he may go ahead.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Perhaps we will come back to the question on VAT at some point. I see that Deputy Colm Burke wishes to speak first. Are the Deputies dividing their time equally with five minutes each?