Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

I join with the Minister in congratulating all of our successful actors and films and Mr. Barry. Yesterday evening was a great tribute to the traditional value of the arts and is to be welcomed and recognised.

While I welcome the increase by four in last year's number of start-up films, are any plans in place for 2009? What is the status of the supports available to Ardmore Studios, the major studio in Ireland, to encourage and promote film making? In a previous reply, the Minister stated that the IFB was conducting a review of audiovisual productions. If the report is available to him, will he comment on it and inform the House of what the overall review entailed?

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