Ms Désirée Finnegan:

We run a number of different approaches because we are very focused in Screen Ireland on emerging talent and how we support them because we agree that we want to see as many new film-makers as possible. Particularly as the industry grows and as we are on such a trajectory of growth over the next few years, we want to make sure we are broadening access to the industry and providing opportunities of access to as many people as possible, and from as broad a background as possible.

We have a number of different so-called "streams". In terms of the very high-end productions, that is where I would be referring to track record. Where it is a very ambitious feature film project, for example, the team always wants to ensure that can be achieved and that we are protecting the investment to the highest possible degree.

We run many different programmes. For example, we run a shorts programme. We run a number of them: Focus, which is for live action; and Frameworks, which is for animation. They are designed to given people an opportunity to get some experience in short film-making.

We also run a lot of different programmes. A recent one was called POV, and that was an initiative around gender equality. We have just had some incredible results from that - a debut feature film-maker won a prize in Toronto, at really big festivals. We try to provide a broad array of different avenues for people who might be more emerging or coming in with perhaps less experience than others.

We would be happy to provide the Deputy with the fully breadth of all of the different programmes and so-called "access points" that people can have at different stages in their career paths.

We also have our skills team, who have done great work over the pandemic. They had to transition every single one of their courses to being held online. That has provided even broader access in order that you do not have to be physically present where the course might be taking place. They have also run a huge number of programmes for anyone who might be entering the industry or at a more emerging stage of his or her career.