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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does anyone else want to make any comment? Does nobody want to say anything nice about Kerry or Deputy Michael Healy-Rae’s books? No, and I ask the Deputy not to hold that against us. The next speaker is Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is there any representative in particular the Deputy would like to first address?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In relation to the forum, could we get the details such as the terms of reference, the timeline and what is planned? That will answer an awful lot of the questions we all have.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: He is a very popular guy.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Ms Nash is saying it is basically open but she is looking for people to pre-register by contacting this email address. I am aware the Department has sent out a number of invites to date. It is for anyone who has been in contact and believes they have something to offer. The big job is who chairs on the day and ensuring the forum gets through all of this.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is just as well because Richard would not be as concise as myself.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was going to ask about written submissions. Obviously there will be a timeline for those. I know I have taken over Deputy Boyd Barrett’s time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is flexibility about time on the basis of the poor Chair and the limited number of people here.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I understand that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agaibh. A huge amount has been dealt with already by this committee. An awful lot of the recommendations were on the basis that a significant number of people came forward and spoke about the film industry. We have all seen the positives of section 481. These may have been unintended consequences, but what we were told and what many people spoke about and put in the public...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that we cannot make a determination, but we can probably take a guess about an awful lot of the issues that are dealt with here. Workers would have also talked about it being all well and good to use the protective employment legislation and the framework and the WRC to bring things to a conclusion, but that is not always necessarily very simple. In fairness, one of the major...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That would have to happen. Without putting too strong a term on it, I cannot speak for this committee, except at this moment in time when I am the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. It would not quite be a demand, but it is as close to a demand as I can make. That is necessary, and we need it to be actioned. We can all get into the minutiae, and we have dealt with all these issues on some...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is a vótáil in the Dáil on the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023. I am not sure, but I think we can continue.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Look, we can get into the ins and outs of it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes. We will not repeat everything we have gone through on many occasions before. Again, I hope this will be dealt with at the stakeholder forum. We are all very glad that the forum is happening. Beyond that, we are very glad that it will be open to everyone. We just need to make sure that everyone who needs to be there will be told beforehand. We must also ensure that anybody who wants...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that. There is a significant level of positives. There are anomalies that are thrown up by the nature of the industry. That has created some sets of circumstances and difficulties. If they could be addressed, that would be beneficial to all and sundry and the industry itself. Does anyone else want to come up with an elegant method of dealing with all the problems or will we leave...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thought it was just to intimidate us.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is coming down to the stakeholder forum. I am sure there will be many positives. If we can deal with the negatives, it will be happy days across the board. Does Deputy Boyd Barrett wish to come back in?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Before the Deputy responds, we should be clear as to who is responsible and who is leading in respect of all this.