In accordance with Standing Order 85, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:
The Select Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has completed its consideration of the Arts Bill, 2002, and has made amendments thereto.
I thank the members and the Minister for their co-operation and acknowledge sincerely the number of bodies that came to us with information. We were very well briefed, particularly on section 21, as was. It is very important that people made this effort and came to us, and it has been particularly good for those of us on the committee dealing with the arts for the first time. It has been a good learning curve to date.