Ms D?sir?e Finnegan:

Screen Ireland has undertaken a lot of work in this area. It has been a key policy priority for us. We have tried in recent years to put in place a number of support measures. As I have mentioned, we have launched a network of talent academies across the country. We have built a nationwide production fund to support, in particular, local domestic projects. We have Cine4, which is in partnership with Coimisiún na Meán and TG4, to do Irish language projects.

The area that has been challenging is the regional uplift. A significant benefit was experienced when that was in place. What it can do is bring larger scale productions to the rest of the country. The benefit that comes from those productions can be significant. It is the scale of employment opportunities and skills development that can be gained on those larger productions. There are the benefits of things like screen tourism because these projects tend to have a very broad reach. The incentive-----