Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Adrian Lynch:
As a former producer, I will make a point. We engage with Screen Producers Ireland. With some exceptions, producers or company owners that work in the television sector do not tend to be the ones who make significant profits.
Running production companies is very difficult. It is economically challenging. People sacrifice a huge amount to make documentary films, dramas and low-budget independent films. The idea that there is an elite within the industry and then normal workers is just not true in my experience.
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