Ms Karan O'Loughlin:

Section 481 funding is useful for many things. I do not think the problem with training is the fault of section 481. Section 481 demands that there be trainees. That is a good thing. It is how we follow that thereafter. Currently what happens is that on a production there are a certain number of trainees, and when the production is over, that is it for those people, they are gone.

On the next production there are also a certain number of trainees, but they are not the same trainees as before. What has happened to those trainees? A framework structure is needed to follow personnel.

I shiver when I think is it time for a review of section 481 funding. A review could eliminate some of the good aspects of section 481. I would be wary of that. Section 481 needs to be bolstered for transparency and for longevity to create a framework that allows trainees to get from point A to point B in their careers.

On the issue of getting a worker representative on the Irish Film Board, if that could be recommended to the Minister that would be a really good idea.