Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed)

Ms Deirdre Donaghy:

-----the Deputy may need to talk to colleagues in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment who would have the knowledge or expertise in that area.

Certainly, we can see that what has happened in the sector is there are employer representative bodies, which seems primarily to be Screen Producers Ireland, SPI. It has engaged in negotiations with the representative bodies for the different guilds, unions etc., and collective bargaining agreements have been reached. There is a shooting crew agreement, a construction crew agreement. Who are BATU?