Ms Elaine Geraghty:

Actually we are working with Donegal at the moment; they reached out and said they had been forgotten about, "there ain't no train" there and so on. Specifically in the last week we have been speaking to Donegal about all of this. There are myriad things that could be done. Our industry falls between a lot of stools in terms of Government Departments. The audiovisual steering group examines all the recommendations of the Olsberg report with everybody in the room and that is really helpful. I would really like our screen industry to be considered as an industry in its own right and to be championed. There is so much value and so many good stories. There are small, medium and big companies that are doing great things and we tend to fall between all of these stools. It needs to be considered in the round.

When we think of screen industries in particular, what do we think of? We think of drama, film, documentary, animation and everything in between. We have a fantastic story for Ireland in these really difficult times. We are going to be up against it, especially after today and what Brexit means, so we need to batten down the hatches. The UK is burgeoning with the amount of production that is coming through. Its studios are bursting. We need to make sure that we have more studio space, that it gets through planning permission. We need to continue to grow our crew. Skills development is going to be fantastic. I would look to be sitting at decision makers' tables as often as possible when we talk about Ireland Inc. and Ireland's screen industries. I welcome Désirée Finnegan, the incoming chief executive of Screen Ireland. It is going to be great to meet Désirée and learn what the plans are ahead. They are our ambassadors when they leave these shores and they need to be supported and able to sell "brand Ireland" for incoming productions. I would finally say that if anybody has any concerns about any element of our industry, we are always open for business and for questions.

Members can come out to visit one of the sets, watch a documentary being made or sit in a hut as a nature programme is being filmed. There is an open invitation for them to visit Ashford Studios, Ardmore Studios or wherever to see things up close for themselves.