Ms Lesley McKimm:

It concerns education, training, funding and gender balance within the industry because that is an issue as well. I am a founding member of Women in Film and Television Ireland. There are huge discrepancies between the presence of male directors versus female directors versus writers and even producers and so on. This seems to come from third level and relates to confidence, people going into third level, not making those choices and then coming out and the numbers diminishing. This is another area in terms of diversity, education and what we are looking for in this sector. Gender balance is also a very important issue.