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:
That is not the easiest question to answer. The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has attached to some projects but, of course, they have to be able to demonstrate a commercial return. In some instances, including Limerick, the local county council took the initiative to secure the site, which was the old Dell site in the case of Limerick. Funding has come from a number of sources. When the infrastructure is in place, Screen Ireland can then come to the table and, as the Deputy suggested, harness the talent in the local area and provide project funding, but it is not the most straightforward of questions to answer. The county council has to play an important part. In the case of the Limerick model, that is what happened.
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