Ms Deirdre Donaghy:

It certainly is a good idea to have these types of avenues for people to raise issues. That has been recognised in the agreements that have been agreed so far. We mentioned the construction crew and shooting crew agreements. When Screen Guilds of Ireland was before the committee, Mr. Eoin Holohan described how they formed the guilds and approached SIPTU, recognising that they needed a new agreement. He stated:

If an industrial relations issue arises on a production, it is dealt with very quickly. A crew member can come to us, and we can go to SIPTU.

It is a new system but he said they believed the system was working. The committee would be far better off talking to the people in the sector rather than me but as far as I know, these agreements have things like dispute resolution practices. They have an agreement on a work-life balance policy. They have avenues within those collective agreements. That seems to be beneficial. To the extent that any element of the sector does not currently have an agreement of that nature, it would seem a good thing that something similar be agreed.