Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Patricia RyanPatricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise. I had to leave the room for a few minutes. Without being repetitive, everybody here has mentioned employment and the issues around it. This is a matter we need to come back to. We definitely need to have more clarity and answers. That said, I am going to move on.

I have two questions I am going to go through consecutively because of the time constraints. Ms Finnegan's referred to the increase in the number of Irish language productions. How important is section 481 in this regard? Also, do we know what percentage of productions are in the Irish language and what the figure was prior to section 481?

The other question is a brief one. Screen Ireland has taken on the role of developing and overseeing a new process for tracking, training and skills development opportunities on section 481 and its funded projects, which is a requirement of the tax credit. How is this work going and what challenges has Screen Ireland faced?

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