Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Gareth Lee:
On the skills, I cannot emphasise enough to the committee how positive and rewarding the experience has been to be involved in the process. As Ms McGrane referred to earlier, Ireland is the first country in the world to link such a structured skills tracking process to the tax credit. We are the first country in the world to develop a competency framework for crew within the sector. We are doing extremely pioneering work as Ms McGrane mentioned. Other territories have come to talk to us to see the work that we are doing and in particular with the competency framework. We have had lots of inquiries about that. As for challenges, because we are doing pioneering work we are, to a certain extent, learning as we go. It is evolving. That has always been our approach, namely, how can we evolve and enhance the process to make sure it is working the best it can and to make sure it is as inclusive as possible. We are always enhancing and we are open to enhancing that.
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