Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Irish Film Industry: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. James Hickey:

Our lead Department is the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht because that is the Department which provides the funding to the Irish Film Board. They are obviously the officials we engage with because they are the ones we need to talk to about what we want to do.

They, in turn, organise engagements with other Departments. For example, there was a steering group which was responsible for the management of the Olsberg report which included the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. They are constantly engaging with other Departments which are also involved in this area. I agree it is us, working with the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, endeavouring to work with other Departments as well through that Department. That is something which I hope will continue and will be expanded on.

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