Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed).
5:00 pm
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I apologise for not being here for the whole presentation. It is an area in which I have a particular interest having worked in media for a number of years myself. Do the witnesses have any thoughts around regional film funds and their scope to create employment in the regions rather than to have everything so Dublincentric? Obviously, we have a burgeoning film industry in the west which has been helped by the development of TG4 and other initiatives. Certainly, the regions need employment to be created in the regions as much as possible. A number of other countries in Europe have been very successful at developing film and broadcasting funds. Are there any thoughts around the regional film industry?
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