Ms Celene Craig:

As Ms Curtis said, animation has been a key stream of funding under our Sound and Vision fund rounds, year-on-year. It is a key genre. We understand there is great skill and ability to deliver very high-quality content in animation.

It is there in our Sound and Vision scheme and in our decision-making around who to award funding to. We look for that breadth in content, formats and genre. Animation is consistently in there with regard to the kind of content we support under the Sound and Vision scheme. Through our sectoral development programme we also support Animation Ireland, which is looking to try to further the development of the industry generally in that particular sector. We support Animation Ireland in furthering their collective interests as a sector.