GATE THEATRE

CONFIDENTIAL INDEPENDENT

REVIEW

Gaye Cunningham Independent Reviewer

1 March 2018
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INDEPENDENT REVIEW PROCESS

NOVEMBER 2017

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW

1. Name of Reviewer: Gaye Cunningham

2. Purpose/Role:

2.1 Ms Gaye Cunningham has been appointed by the Gate Theatre (”the Gate”) to
conduct an independent review of complaints made by past and current employees
and other persons of inappropriate behaviour and abuse of power by the former
Director of the Gate Theatre, Mr Michael Colgan, and related/consequential matters.

2.2 The role of Ms Cunningham will be to:

(a) establish the process for complainants to register their complaints, in the first
instance, via a confidential email set up and monitored exclusively by Ms
Cunningham;

(b) proactively make contact with current and former staff members and other
persons who have spoken out on the record; and

(c) proactively make contact with other relevant or involved parties as part of
due process, including, but not limited to, Mr Colgan, former and current
employees, and any other person whom she believes may assist in this
review.

2.3 The outcomes of the review will be to:

(a) identify if there is a case to answer in respect of any dignity at work, abuse of
power and related inappropriate behaviours and failings on the part of any
person associated with the Gate;

(b) make recommendations arising from the complaints process.

2.4 The process will commence immediately and conclude by the end of January 2018.

3. Accountability:

Ms Cunningham will be responsible for reporting back her findings and recommendations to
the Board of the Gate and The Arts Council in January 2018.

4. Method of Working:

4.1 Any meetings with complainants or involved parties will be held in a neutral location.

4.2 Ensure full confidentiality for participants throughout to the greatest extent permitted
by law.

4.3 Provide updates to the Chairman of the Board, as required, on progress and timings.

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5. Sharing of Information and Resources (including confidential materials):

5.1 Complainants are invited to make contact via the confidential email
cunninghamconfidential@outlook.ie.

5.2 Any emails already sent to the confidential@gate-theatre.ie will be accessed only by
Ms Cunningham and subsequently closed.

5.3 Only Ms Cunningham will have access to confidential complaints emails.

5.4 Any correspondence, written or verbal, entered into between the complainant and Ms
Cunningham will remain confidential to the greatest extent permitted by law.