Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance
Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage
4:00 pm
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Would reducing the threshold below €0.25 million for the cost of production enhance that building up of the skills base? With a threshold of the type of €70 million, one is talking about films such as "Star Wars", series such as "Game of Thrones" and Universal Studios. One is talking about attracting established offshore entities to produce here which has all of the revenue benefits for the State, but in terms of the benefits of creating an indigenous sector, would it be worthwhile looking at incentives at lower limits?