Seanad debates
Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Arts Bill 2002: Second Stage.
One cannot come from a particular environment without imbibing the spirit of it. I know from where most of the Members present in the House today came. It would be impossible for us to deny the resonance of a song which our people gave us or a tune played by our ancestors or by current musicians. It would be impossible to deny the aspirations that we heard in colourful conversation in our own communities. One absorbs it and it stays with one, just as it has stayed with the Minister. I am not concerned about the Minister or the legislation; I am worried about the ethos on which the Arts Council has been riding for so long.
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