Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The process that is under way, enabled by the WRC, is trying to come up with a framework for the industry to deal with the different matters to which Deputy Boyd Barrett referred. If the WRC has acknowledged that there is not clarity on some of the relationships the Deputy alluded to, surely the process under way to try to find a broad framework for the sector, which productions can adhere to if the companies and unions involved decide they want to do so, is the framework for dealing with the different issues to which the Deputy referred. Is it not the case that if agreement is reached between Screen Producers Ireland and trade unions later this year, it will offer an overall approach for the sector that will bring clarity to the different issues the Deputy raised and will try to make progress on them?

I do not know as much about this sector as the Deputy or the relevant Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin. I know there are many different voices and views within the sector regarding what is happening and what needs to change. If an agreement can be reached between Screen Producers Ireland and the trade unions later this year, is that not a big step forward in dealing with the different issues to which the Deputy has referred? Perhaps the Department of Finance will then need to look at the certification process that we have under way to claim tax relief and see what is the relevance of that process to an agreement, if one is reached later in the year, between unions and Screen Producers Ireland. There may be legal matters involved in that so I am not saying a convergence will happen but it is likely to be looked at. If the unions and Screen Producers Ireland have reached agreement on an overall framework, does that not clarify the issues the Deputy has raised and offer the possibility of progress being made on them next year?