Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The subject area around film and all of that was out for public consultation. We invited the broadest consensus and engagement around thoughts, visions and views not just on the film subject but also on climate action and sustainable development. That public consultation closed last week but there will continue to be engagement with, for example, the IFI, seeking its views and thoughts on it.

I have to say that there has been enormous positivity around this particular subject. We have very talented students who already operate in the fields of theatre, film and drama. Given, as the Deputy rightly said, the world recognition of the calibre of those who work in the film industry either as producers, actors, actresses or whatever, the talent base is here in Ireland and it is a great opportunity to see it recognised in the system. The public consultation has just finished but the work continues. That meeting with IFI is scheduled in the coming weeks as well.