Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 17 - Tax compliance interventions
Chapter 18 - Tax relief on film production

9:00 am

Mr. Conor Falvey:

The Department welcomes the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General and has accepted its recommendations. Substantial changes have been made to the regulations in 2019 in the context of quality employment. Members are probably aware of discussions taking place in the Oireachtas more generally. We have set a standard around compliance with all employment legislation. We have also significantly upgraded the training regime to a skills development and training regime. For larger projects, that is done in consultation with Screen Skills Ireland, which is the skills development branch of Screen Ireland. There have been significant changes.