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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The workers are on their own, there is no representation and they have been failed. Many of us would have believed Screen Ireland and so on would have had some element of representation from crews and others working in the industry.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Going back to section 481, people may or may not be aware of a production funded under this provision that seemed to go bust recently. Again, it probably adds to what was said about the lack of due diligence. I would have understood it as being necessary to have all the finance in place before the State would throw any money in. It is just-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Right.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: By whatever means, the one thing we will all agree on is that there needs to be an element of due diligence, which would mean that we would see this process happening beforehand or that there would be protections in place to ensure we did not end up in this type of situation. Turning to another point, when we talk about materials being bought with taxpayers' money and then being leased...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Right. That DAC then disappears.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a new DAC by this stage.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a good set-up.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Mr. O'Brien and Ms Quinn. I also thank the committee for dealing with this issue. I understand that Irish Equity supports section 481, albeit with a significant number of caveats. Anybody listening in on this would have significant worries and caveats in relation to section 481. In fairness, Mr. O'Brien largely dealt with the issue of copyright. Ms Quinn backed him up in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It definitely does. For that intellectual investment, it is about ensuring intellectual payment for the likes of Mr. O'Brien, as well as for the taxpayer, rather than the money going into a DAC, the DAC disappearing and the value being owned by an entity we are not sure of. We should make sure we do the due diligence so actors are looked after, as well as the taxpayer, and ensure we have a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A better system with all the checks and balances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe and the General Affairs Council: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice in expressing sympathy to the family of Rory Mason. Everyone was very taken with his father's tribute this morning. In fairness, he involved himself in a fight that was not his and he paid the ultimate price. We discussed some of these points in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe. That was definitely a process that improved as it went. It started with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe and the General Affairs Council: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I again offer my words of sympathy to the family of Rory Mason. We were all very taken with the sentiments that his dad expressed in the tribute we heard earlier today. As I said, the world has changed considerably over the last period and we are all having very different conversations and worries that we would have a number of years ago. I refer to interaction with other European...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I wish to ask about working conditions on current productions. I imagine there is a significant number of experienced staff-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Other members has dealt with what happened on the day and the impact on the 32,000 people affected as well as the reputational impact. We are very glad we have found out what the problem was on some level. We do not have the "Back to the Future" car such that we can sort out such matters beforehand but we just need to ensure that this does not happen again. I apologise for having been in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is certainly not in mine. I find myself to be far more inept than most at multitasking. I want to get the systems clear in my head. Aer Lingus uses cloud services from Kyndryl.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is the first question answered. What is Kyndryl's ISP?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Then there was the construction work because of the rail tunnel works, which basically broke the line.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That was Kyndryl's main line into the data centre. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was the primary line, but there is a secondary line into the same data centre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is what I mean. I would have thought that Kyndryl would have had its own inbuilt redundancy for at least one line in, one-----