Ms Lesley McKimm:

Collaboration is key between all the stakeholders. There were very strong connections in the past between the Irish Film Board and Northern Ireland Screen and they have probably fallen away a bit in the past couple of years. It would be very important to see them come back. Film and television in Ireland are in a very complex environment, for example, a TV lifestyle producer occupies a different world from a feature film producer. We do not connect enough even with distributors or cinema owners, and so we are very separate. That applies even to stakeholders such as the Irish Film Board and RTE, and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI. It is imperative that there is greater dialogue between the agencies. We all have similar goals, even in what we are talking about today, and would benefit from greater dialogue.