Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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Much of the emphasis so far has been on the terms and conditions of people and how they are employed within the industry. I know the workload is very much fragmented in that you get a project and you have to do it. Some of the workers on the sets and elsewhere will follow a particular producer or theme with regard to films or whatever, but at the end of the day, what happens to these workers and how are they taken care of between gigs, as one might call it? There is such a lack of continuity. Will this improve on the basis that you have more work? There is considerable success with films that are being done. The witnesses mentioned some of the films with which they were involved and I congratulate them on these fine productions. How do they retain the staff? How many staff are working for Element Pictures at present? How many are permanent staff and how many are part time?