Ms Susan Kirby:

I thank the Deputy for the question. It is a key tenet of section 481 but it is a core issue for the industry. If I can, I might reflect back to 2019 when Screen Producers Ireland, the ICTU-affiliated union group and SIPTU requested the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, to conduct an audit of the sector. I understand it carried out very broad consultation and it came up with four recommendations. I will not go into the audit in great detail, but I will give the committee an update on it. One of the recommendations was the importance of the guild structure. We can see today that there is a very well organised and strategically focused set of guilds. We work very closely with the guilds. Similarly, they are developing competency frameworks. We welcome the development of competency frameworks for the guilds. The simplest description of the competency frameworks is a journey map for one's development through one's career at the various grades in the guilds. That was the first element and it is being delivered on and that continues to be the case.

The second area concerns HR and the development of HR capacity within the producer communities. Screen Producers Ireland has placed an enormous emphasis on sectoral development. We have a dedicated role within the company for sectoral development. We run detailed HR development programmes for members and we work in collaboration with Screen Ireland, previously Screen Skills Ireland, on the delivery of those. We continue to focus on the area. It is not a destination; it is a constant journey.

The third recommendation that was made was in the space of industrial relations, IR. It placed significant importance of the industrial agreements. In 2019-----