Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Libbie McQuillan:

Section 481 is a crucial cornerstone of funding of our industry. It is available to inward production but, crucially, it is also available to domestic production. The most recent number of production value in Ireland in the year just gone was approximately €430 million, and section 481 had a large role to play in that.