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 local authorities, because we manage the UNESCO designation for city and county in Galway, they are massively supportive of grass-roots film-making. In the game space, we have had an incredible support from them over the years at a grass-roots level, I could not speak highly enough of them. On a regional basis, the WRAP fund would not exist without the local authorities from Donegal to Clare, as well as Údarás na Gaeltachta.

They provide the operational funding for us to manage the WRAP fund in collaboration with the WDC. Without them, the incentive that brought "North Sea Connection", "Obituary", "Four Letters of Love" and a myriad of projects into the region probably would not have come otherwise. Without the local authorities, it just would not have happened. I have one other point. The one thing that we want is a really hard question because there are so many things involved. If I were to pinpoint one thing, it would be regional bias in our supports. Give the funding and supports regionally and make sure it is delivered regionally. That is probably the key.

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