Mr. Gar O'Brien-Collins:

I agree with the Deputy on the course. I am familiar with Mr. Gerard Barrett, in particular. He made a wonderful film a number of years ago called "Pilgrim Hill" which really showcased a part of Ireland that we do not see very often. That course and the students coming out of it are important. So too are the students in the north west coming out of Atlantic Technological University, ATU and the University of Galway. Like our colleagues here, Ardán also runs a National Talent Academy for film and television on behalf of Screen Ireland. There is no shortage of great people being trained up and coming out with skills. As Deputy O'Sullivan said, he would have disagreed with them about the crew. It is about what is there for them when they come out and sustaining it. We have spoken about what we called the regional drift cycle or feedback loop. People come out of college, they have plenty of skills but there is not enough work for them there so they move to Dublin and Wicklow. It is suddenly expensive to bring crew back because there is not enough crew there. Sometimes companies end up paying for a crew to come back to shoot in Kerry, Cork or Galway who started off there but had to move for work and were not able to live there and sustain it. It is about all of these people that we train through great courses like the one Deputy Griffin mentioned, the colleges and the National Talent Academy, having enough work, through production investment, so that they can stay. That would be anchored by local producers and we need to invest in them as well.