Ms Teresa McGrane:

A couple of years ago, we dug down into our ability to fund studios and our funds come under the 2013 Cinema Communication. It is project based and relates to funding for production and development, training and some specific industry initiatives. It does not extend to funding studios, which is an industrial activity under the Cinema Communication, which expressly states that is not covered. Our funds are not state-aid approved to do that. The Deputy mentioned projects in which we have been involved, such as "Sparrow", "Float Like a Butterfly", and "Holding", the adaptation of Graham Norton's book. Many of the projects we have worked on have been in west Cork, and I am familiar with the set-up in Skibbereen the Deputy referred to. We can fund projects to locate there but we are not involved in the bricks and mortar.