John O'Donoghue
John O'Donoghue
artistic reputation small
We are a small nation, but our artistic reputation is great,
activity arts belief firm inevitably level reduce
It is my firm belief that elimination of the exemption would inevitably and significantly reduce the level of professional arts activity in the state,
abroad arts believe encourage force message send soon strongly success talent
I also believe strongly that capping this exemption would send out a message internationally that we do not encourage success in the arts ... We will force our young talent to go abroad as soon as they become successful. This is wrong.