Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Susan Kirby:
I would endorse the previous comments. In my professional career in the creative industries, I have spent a great deal of time advocating and believing in the creative industries' proposition for Ireland Inc. The film sector and the Irish audiovisual sector has such a key role to play in that. There is something that we have not touched on, so I wish to acknowledge what we have all experienced in the last number of years. This sector stayed open. It very quickly pivoted, galvanised and stayed open. It educated, informed and entertained. It gave us a bit of solace. I want to publicly recognise all those who were on the front line of that. That is part of the representation here today. I am very grateful for the opportunity. I believe very firmly in the proposition of the creative industries in Ireland Inc. It has been my passion. We have an ability to deliver on great ambition. A figure of €4 billion was mentioned before. We would welcome that level of commitment. I guarantee that if we had that level of commitment, the sector would deliver.