Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed)
11:00 am
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I have only a couple of minutes left. The issue of training is one of the most bizarre elements of this sector in that it does not have a start, a middle, a finish or accreditation and that people who are highly experienced and highly trained already can be forced into situations where they are trainees again on a production. I am trying to get a feel for the prevalence of that. Testimony was given to the committee the last time we discussed it to the effect that it was unusual that this might be the case. In terms of an honest perception, could Ms Walker indicate whether it is the case that many people are regularly forced back into training or does it just happen now and again?
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