Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)

I thank Ms MacEvilly for her contribution.

I have a few questions for Screen Ireland. It does fantastic work in supporting our domestic industry and it is great to hear the stories told here today in this session. It is media we are very proud of. The organisation does a great job in fostering Irish talent in what is a tough industry to break into.

Does this Bill make space, particularly with the provisions relating to RTÉ commissioning content and the potential introduction of that streaming levy, for small and independent production and domestic studios to grow and increase the projects they make? Are there currently any additional barriers to this which could be addressed in this legislation to achieve those goals?