Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will follow up on the issues raised by Deputy Boyd-Barrett, about companies that take section 481 tax relief. There have been a considerable number of allegations, especially about workers' rights being over-ridden and blackballing when people make complaints. We understand that some of this relates to how the film industry works, in the sense that it is project by project which can allow for picking and choosing and for certain people to control the entire process. People do not have to take my word or that of Deputy Boyd-Barrett or others, including those who have come to us. One of the recommendations from the report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight is that a stakeholders forum be held. We need support from the Government and would definitely need the Minister to engage. It would be successful if we could create a forum where people could voice all these issues and we could deal with them. Then we could get a better system. We are talking about public money and we are not getting bang for our buck as regards high-level employment and for the stake in what is for some a thriving industry.

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