Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the work of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21812/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce was set up in September 2020 and was chaired by Clare Duignan.  It completed its deliberations and reported in November 2020,  It report is entitled Life Worth Living The Report of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce. 

Life Worth Living made ten recommendations to aid the survival of the arts and culture sector during Covid-19 and beyond under three themes: ensuring recovery; building resilience; and facing forward. The ten recommendations seek to protect livelihoods, mitigate income loss; ensure fair play for the makers of creative content; secure the viability of the live events industry; sustain local authority capacity to support arts and culture; ensure well-being; build sectoral capacity; make space for arts and live entertainment; provide more outdoor public spaces for cultural events; and address the environmental impact of arts, culture and event activities.

Significant progress has been made on the implementation of the Taskforce's recommendations and an Oversight Group has been put in place to consider any outstanding proposals, including in relation to basic income.

The Report is published and is available at