Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Alan Duggan:
Regarding bringing people through from grassroots and up, there are the ETBs, the colleges, Skillnets and six National Talent Academies. There is considerable effort being put into developing trained crew at all levels and carrying them through their career. Our whole reason for being is to help people traverse that. Ms Breathnach, Ms Keane, Mr. Cummins and Ms Honan are the bulkhead. They are the regional producers, who provide the opportunity. As a quick example, with the National Talent Academy for Film & TV, shadowing opportunities for people who are approaching the top of their game is the best opportunity because they are learning on the job. Most of the shadowing opportunities we have are in Dublin and Wicklow because that is where the production activity is.
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