Ms Teresa McGrane:

My apologies, as that was done by mistake by me as I did not have my hand up. Now that I have the floor, however, I might just use it double up on what Mr. Lee has just said on the skills development role that we have now with section 481. That has been very innovative as we are the first country to link the development of skills with the tax credit. A great team in Screen Skills Ireland is working very proactively with productions, not just with trainees but in upskilling the whole way up through production. Many people are looking to us now and saying that that is a very innovative process and a great way of getting on-the-job training formalised.

There have also been many conversations on regional development and, as Ms Finnegan said, we are committed 100% to regional development. Most of the production that will happen next year will probably go outside of Dublin. Producers very much enjoy shooting outside of the Dublin area and love getting out to new locations. We are very committed to opening up the regions as much as we can. At the moment we are looking at a spend of €9 million outside of Dublin and Wicklow and that will only increase.