Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses. They are very welcome to the committee. Céad míle fáilte rompu.

I will start with the issue of research and tracking figures from the industry. When I look at heritage figures, the arts sector and the audiovisual sector, we have a range of reports from different years. According to the Olsberg SPI report, in 2015 the wider audiovisual sector had a GVA of €1.1 billion, creating 10,000 direct full-time equivalent jobs and a total of 16,930 direct, indirect and induced full-time equivalent jobs. The fact that the figures in this regard come from different years is part of the challenge we face in understanding the sectors and the various elements of our culture. Is the Olsberg report the latest data used in the industry for this sector? Is there a need for more research? I am happy for any of the witnesses to respond on that question.