Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027: Discussion
Ms Teresa McGrane:
I might address Brexit first if that is okay. The UK exited the Creative Europe programme. Ms Ní Mhunghaile can speak more about how that worked and the previous co-operation between Ireland and the UK, which is now more limited. It is important to note that the instruments to allow co-operation between Ireland and the UK are Council of Europe instruments, so they have not really been changed by Brexit. A UK-Ireland audiovisual co-production is still covered by the Council of Europe's European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production. That has remained intact and the relationship is preserved, although Brexit has created certain difficulties relating to the movement of goods between Ireland and the UK. The instrument that protects that relationship is still intact. I ask Ms Ní Mhunghaile to address the Creative Europe programme.
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