Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

With certain justification, the now President of Ireland but then Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Michael D. Higgins, was credited with being the powerhouse behind the introduction of what is now section 481. It was a different section at that time. Whereas technically I appreciate that it is the responsibility of the Minister for Finance and that is why the question is framed as it is, the driving force behind this has to be the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and it has to be driven home to the financial conservatives that this is of huge importance. Can the Minister tell me when publication will take place of the economic analysis of our screen-based creative industries? That would be a very important tool in the armoury the Minister will need to persuade the Minister to renew this in the next budget and to renew it for ten years. Can the Minister further confirm that she is seeking that it be renewed for ten years to create certainty in the industry?

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