Ms D?sir?e Finnegan:

It is important to provide an incentive to ensure that we see the growth of the sector across the entire country. As Mr. Byrne said, there have been many productions, including, as Senator Byrne referenced, "An Cailín Ciúin, and many other examples of productions, including large-scale productions in Limerick where filming has taken place for an extensive period of time. Opportunities are gained and skilled developed from larger scale production.

Under section 481, a new skills development programme has been put in place and we are seeing huge benefits from that in terms of the kind of upskilling that is being achieved in productions. We in Screen Ireland will work with key stakeholders from the regions, including TG4 and many others, and do everything we can to support that objective.