Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. James Hickey:
I would point to the vital role of the media, producers and entrepreneurs putting funding together for productions. Ultimately, for creative talent to prosper, you need the funding and entrepreneurs to bring together the packages, particularly for audiovisual production, which requires so many participants. Whether it is music, actors, writers or directors, all those people can only be brought together by producers who are enabled to do that. As long as the proper funding is there for the producers, they are enabled to do that. If you are asking how more work can be based in Ireland, ultimately enabling the producers will enable the creative talent to achieve their goals.
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