Ms D?sir?e Finnegan:

We do not play a role in the employment relationship. The feedback that we get from across all the stakeholders that we engage with is that the industry is thriving. Despite the pandemic, last year was a record-breaking year for the sector - it generated €500 million in production spend. We are hearing very positive feedback generally from across the sector and about employment levels as well. It is an industry that is maturing and scaling. Ensuring that there is open access for all feels like the appropriate role for us to play in that so that anybody who has experience has an opportunity to display that experience and be able to respond to employment opportunities within the sector. We hope that this database will help provide that.