Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for that. I agree, and I hope the process will have a very short timeframe to ensure that it is delivered. We are in a cost-of-living crisis and a housing crisis. Those creatives, as the Minister calls them, deserve to live and to see the benefit of their work in the same way as in other countries. Will the Minister try to accelerate the process to ensure that there is delivery and that we will not be back here in a year's time asking the exact same question and getting the same answer? This did not just pop up in the past while. While the issue has gained heightened awareness because of the campaign by Equity and others writing to us all, it has been an underlying issue that has been raised with me and with former Ministers in the past. It is a condition of employment now in the audiovisual industry for most companies. That is not good enough and it needs to stop. Will the Minister call on the industry to stop the current practice, especially while that Screen Ireland process is in place?

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