Ms Catherine Keane:

On the question of how we feel we can benefit from a regional incentive, it is important that if an incentive is introduced, it be introduced on a five- or ten-year basis, as colleagues have mentioned. The longer, the better. Animation takes a long time to make and is quite expensive. Our feature film "WolfWalkers" took about seven years from development all the way through to delivery and release. That is a long time. If a regional development uplift incentive is in place at 5% for two to three years, that is a small amount of time for us. Where policy development is being considered, a long period - ten years at a minimum - is essential.