Mr. Brian Dalton:

I echo the comments made. We would welcome support for self-employed people such as what has been suggested. Our business has a high level of uncertainty, given the very nature of creative enterprise. We have been involved in structuring the business for some time. The success of "Love/Hate", which is beginning to have an international breakthrough, is based on an intensive plan where we develop skills, such as scriptwriting. We have worked on it for the past ten years. We can see significant potential for television and film if we develop the skills and put in place the resources to support export. The production values are crucial. While it is very important to support local business, we must also build up scale because ultimately our success will come from achieving standards such as those of "The Killing" which has had great success. If we can achieve the same level of standard whereby productions look like "Love/Hate", "Amber" or "The Fall", it will generate more significant and well-paid jobs in Ireland.