Mr. John Arkins:

To come back to the question that was asked about ideas on how to make it better, we have suggested giving the subsidies directly to the production companies based on the number of employees they have, their infrastructure and their costs. That way when the State wants to find out where the money has gone it could speak directly to them. They are who the State should be talking to. Section 481 funding is given specifically to people who have employees. It is given to the producer as the employer. No one else receives section 481 funding. I, as a stagehand, cannot understand why the people with the €4 billion are not being asked how many employees they have and what is their infrastructure. One third of section 481 funding is for training, jobs and infrastructure. Asking what has been done with it is a very simple question.