Ms Jessica Drum:

Directors and writers have their own guilds, so we just deal with the crew in the production of films. In that structure we have minimum rates set out for trainees. SIPTU has a preproduction meeting at the start of every production when we go through all of the plans for the job. We organise a meeting every month with SIPTU and the representatives from each of those departments. Each department has a guild and its representatives come along to the meeting and they can discuss any issues that they might have. That is the communication channel that is there. We all recognise that the best way to learn in film is to be on the floor. It is not something that one can learn in a classroom. I was a trainee myself in the camera department. That is the only way to learn the trade.