Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I only have a minute to respond, but I am happy to engage with the Deputy afterwards if he wishes to bring further issues to my attention.

In the application process for the certification under section 481, a producer company and a qualifying company, as defined by the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, are required to sign an undertaking in respect of quality employment and must, as a condition of certification, provide details of any Workplace Relations Commission decisions in relation to a qualifying company, the producer company or other companies in the film group, and, where those decisions are finding against such a company, confirmation that the finding has been followed or an explanation where the finding has not been followed.

In relation to the copyright, I repeat that the buyout of contracts relating to intellectual property rights as well as copyright issues in general falls under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I am aware some witnesses in that committee expressed a view that there should be an agreement between employers and workers in Ireland on whether and when residual payment could or should be paid, but any general agreement on the payment arranged for actors and whether it includes residuals is first and foremost a matter for the trade unions and their members and thereafter dependent on its members' preference as a matter for engagement with employer representatives.

I am happy to engage with the Deputy afterwards.

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