Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Susan Kirby:
The Deputy will probably hear quite detailed contributions from Screen Ireland about the development of trainees in the context of the industry test and the great work that has been done there. Mr. McCabe referred to the national talent academies. We are also part of those. It is again quite a broad strategy of attracting trainees into this sector across the different disciplines both above and below the line and then assisting them to create. For example, the work of the competency framework is defining the career path that one might take in any given grade. As for the training, the mentorship and the shadowing that are required, I believe - and I think this was referred to in one of the opening statements - that the next generation of that is a view to work towards accreditation within the sector. That would be the journey of trainees. Ultimately, if we are putting all that effort into attracting people into the sector, it has to be a very sustainable, attractive place to work.