Ms Teresa Hannick:

In the independent film and entertainment sectors, there are production companies. There is trade union representation there. They are a strong group and they collectively negotiate, or attempt to collectively negotiate, with various different ones. They are scattered. It is not like you have a location where you can have 1,000 people working. If there are 1,000 people working in film and entertainment, they are all over the country, and some people may be involved in productions outside the country as part of the work they do. It is difficult. Do people have contracts of indefinite duration? Not always. They are usually on the production. It is like construction where somebody is working on a building site for a period. They may still work for the same employer, but on a different building site. There are people who are permanently employed by a production company and others who may not be. There is an element of that.

On the second question regarding the orchestra, people do not realise how valuable they are.