Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
Impact of Covid-19 on the Film and Television Industry: Discussion
Mr. Stuart Switzer:
I would like to add to that response from the perspective of factual and entertainment television production. We tend to work with smaller crews on smaller productions. However, we try, as a company - as do our broadcasters - to locate production in every county in Ireland, bringing in people from all over Ireland, no matter where, who or why. Covid has proved difficult, with the restrictions on travel in place, etc., but for programmes such as "Room to Improve", we film in virtually every county in Ireland. Television is smaller in scale, but the productions do have an impact and create interest in the process and the work that we do, and hopefully they create audiences for our national broadcaster.
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