Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)

It is. In many ways, it is in honour of our colleague, Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, who we referenced offline earlier on. It is great to see him back. For many years, I have been introducing amendments connected to some of the issues raised consistently by Deputy Boyd Barrett. My amendment is in respect of the section 481 film relief that has been broadened and deepened in recent years to support our film industry. This is specifically to do with intellectual property rights issue, copyright issues and connected matters pertaining to the pay, terms and conditions of workers and performers operating on productions here in the Republic of Ireland. There is a view in Irish Equity, one that I support, that there is a problem in that, for example, where there are co-productions here on the island of Ireland, it is often the case that there are lesser terms and conditions for performers based in the Republic of Ireland. There is a UK agreement in place, a template agreement, that Irish Equity would like to use. This is, in many ways, an industrial relations matter between Irish Equity and Screen Producers Ireland but it is worth making the point again that when we are using significant State resources for good public policy reasons to support our thriving film industry, which is developing all the time, as part of that, we need to send out a message that there ought to be a form of conditionality around ensuring those who work and perform in the sector - the lifeblood of the sector and industry - are rewarded adequately and that we take, insofar as we possibly can, an all-island approach to this. These are points that have been consistently made in recent years by our colleague Deputy Boyd Barrett, and by Deputy Ó Snodaigh, me and others, in support of those who work in what is a very vibrant and thriving sector.