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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sexual Harassment in the Arts and Culture Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: They are not respected.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sexual Harassment in the Arts and Culture Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is seen as a kind of entertainment as opposed to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sexual Harassment in the Arts and Culture Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I wish to make three points. First, if we want to have respect for the arts, we must finance it. Of the 28 European Union member states, we are second last regarding the money we put into the arts. That is the bottom line and the Department needs to own up to it. Second, Ministers should employ jesters. This used to be done in plays. The jester would always tell a character not to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am somewhat out of my depth here because I live in what RTÉ calls the capital, whatever it means by that. It is as if we were living on a Continent. From my background in the west, I concur with all my colleagues that this is an agricultural country. We forget it at our peril. We had a group of visitors in from the Czech Republic, led by Deputy Collins. They had travelled from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Would anyone like to respond to it? The discussion was quite interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It was just a comment that it could be seen as an excuse or obfuscation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: My point about health and safety may have sounded flippant. I was arguing it on the ground that it was rolled out all of the time when we should be discussing farmers' livelihoods and the use of energy and common sense. It is almost like a ritualistic rant - "It cannot be done because of health and safety" or "It must be done because of health and safety". It must be done for a thousand...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have written down what I want to say because it is very short. I favour the repeal of the eighth amendment of the Constitution. However, this is a very profound, powerful and personal issue. It very much depends on the legislative and constitutional proposals that will arise from repealing and replacing the provision. Repealing the eighth amendment puts more than one cart before the...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator should be allowed to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank Ms McBride for her excellent opening statement. While I acknowledge that part of being a member of the committee is to be educated and informed, one could have read her statement in a pamphlet. As for decision-making, accounts, plenary councils and peer panels and application processes, I am aware the Arts Council does things absolutely correctly but I would have liked more funding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is a very important point because it seems contradictory for the Arts Council to spend 70% or 80% of its time on dealing with applications and getting the funding out. It does not have the same emphasis on who and what it is, as Ms McBride described it, dealing with disability, children, age, for example, the Bealtaine Festival for older people. Is that changing and if so how quickly?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That would be interesting because it seems to undermine who and what the Arts Council is and the good work it does, that we do not hear enough about what it is doing because 70% or 80% of its time it is bogged down in reading the applications and making governance decisions based on quality. Would Ms McBride agree with that? How does the council get out of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: If the Arts Council were to be given a gift of something what would that be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is separate insofar as it costs €6 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Will they lose their autonomy when the Department - like Tesco - brings them all together?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: As long as it does not become a control mechanism where everyone must come together like a supermarket and stock the shelves in the same way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There is something about that. We will see; it is a new initiative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Artists have to have freedom and the bringing together is not necessary in that they do it in any event. I am not sure about that parallel. I know there are great artistic things happening around the country and I wonder about the bandwagon element of what the Department is at.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Deputy Michael Collins will have no problem now because he is going to get €5 million from Creative Ireland and the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is going to filter down to west Cork.