Live entertainment groups are calling for pre-event testing and the use of vaccine passports to be included in any roadmap to reopen the sector.
IMRO, Give Us The Night and Epic will tell today's Arts Committee that a plan is urgently needed to ensure a safe return post-pandemic.
They will also urge government to boost financial supports and create an expert working group to help deliver a recovery.
Committee chair, Fianna Fail's Niamh Smyth, believes the sector should be told where the vaccine rollout needs to be for it to reopen: