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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have called for one myself.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To be clear, is it the case that anybody can register for it?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would be interested to see how that plays out. It is necessary. There should be a proper register of employees and trainees. To follow on from our earlier discussions, my concern, as I expressed it to others and it is a concern that was expressed by people who work in the film industry at our hearing last week, relates to the question of who are the employers in the industry. The film...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: However, the production company is the recipient of section 481.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: How can the production company be given money to create employment if it is not the employer? I understand from an answer given earlier by Mr. Hickey that the DAC is a necessary-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry to interrupt. I understand that, and I understand the rationale of the DAC as an accountancy and financial tool. If a section 481 tax credit is given for quality, employment and training, the basic requirement for an industry and employment is that we know who the employer is and we know who the employee is. The problem is we do not. The DAC exists purely for the duration of the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not mean to interrupt Ms McGrane, but I understand all of that. I am getting back to the issue of employment and training. Once the DAC ceases to exist, who does the employee on a film production have recourse to as their employer?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: If an employee is unfairly dismissed, for example, or an intern is mistreated or whatever, it takes around two to three years to get a case heard in the Labour Court or the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. By the time the case reaches the court, the employer no longer exists, even though the company that got section 481 tax credit for that production on which the employee worked still...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sure the producers do.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The HoDs. That is who we heard from
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We heard from three HoDs.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: But they cannot get their cases heard in that time. That is a fact; they cannot. I have one last question, and I know I am out of time. Taking just one of the roles in the film that was mentioned, we had a witness who said they were a production manager. How many people have qualified and been accredited as production managers through the skills training structures that have been set up?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not believe there is any dispute among any of us, notwithstanding all of the debates, about the need to invest in Irish language film, to invest in the film industry and to invest in the very talented crew, performers and artists that we have in this country. There was no dispute about that. I would like to see more money going in, not less. The big question that I feel is unanswered...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not good.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has been dragged kicking and screaming into introducing an eviction ban. It is still not clear from what the Taoiseach has said - from the wording he has articulated - whether people who have current notices to quit will be protected. If they are not, his proposal is almost useless, frankly. Will he clarify that those who have current notices to quit, who may be overholding...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach did not answer my question.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it the case that anybody who has a notice to quit now will be evicted?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Everybody else is not.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did listen. Everybody is trying to understand what the Taoiseach is saying.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: People facing evictions deserve clarity from the Taoiseach. We have asked three questions today and we still do not have clarity.