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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Senator Hopkins has sat through all the proceedings thus far.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We might not get all of the answers because of Friday. I will take Senator Hopkins and we can come back because some of the issues-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am not shutting Professor Ruane down because I have some down myself. I will repeat some of what others have said, which will give everybody the opportunity to put their answers on the record before we close. We will leave the witnesses to follow up on the debate and the conversations on Friday. I am not closing down any debate. I will move things along and come back again if we have time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A question was also asked about the cost of the Bonnar Keenlyside report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ms McBride can forward it to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have a number of questions, but I will ask Deputy Boyd Barrett to come in first. I will then finish off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is a very good promotion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Sign the letter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am not saying it is not important but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is important and we might prove her wrong. I want to let everybody answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ms Dukes and Mr. Conlon are eager to get in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Will Mr. Murray respond to that? There are two sides to these matters. We would hope that, if they are all sorted on Friday, the committee would be presented with a wish list which, hopefully, it can follow up on. We would hope the same if they are not sorted too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is the Senator's second question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Whatever it was, it was not overnight, I can assure the committee of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We will discuss that as another topic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Another topic for the committee is how to get rid of the iPhones.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have several questions and points. First, the arts matter. That is an issue we were debating last week. There are votes in this issue. The most intense lobbying I got when I was first elected in 2004 concerned section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. Everyone in the film industry and their brothers, sisters, uncles and neighbours wrote individual letters to me and, I presume,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They are very courageous people. I presume the issues in the letter emerged from frustration. Had they been raised before? Was there consultation in the 2014 report that was mentioned earlier? Was that the reason it was triggered? Was there a lack of dialogue or miscommunication? One issue concerns the Abbey and the Arts Council. In the presentation it was mentioned that funding of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I asked the Abbey how the absence of three-year funding affected it, and for a commitment in respect of the signatories.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My final question was about communications and I assumed the problem was down to frustration.