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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Good evening everyone. Apologies have been received from Deputies Durkan and Doherty. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú will be substituting for Deputy Doherty. All those present in the room today are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risks of contracting Covid 19. For those of us here and those watching, we have broken up this...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Mr. Holohan very much. I call Ms Kirby to speak now.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I will stop the Deputy there and allow Ms Cornally to come in.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Could Deputy Farrell could wait a moment as Mr. McCabe wants to come in briefly on the previous point?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: We might have time for a second round.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: That is okay. I will direct Ms Kirby.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I am going to move on.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: The time is up, so we will finish on this point, as I have other members who wish to contribute before the next session.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I am going to cut Ms Kirby off there because I need to get other members in. I know this came up last week, but I remind members that we are not here to re-litigate Workplace Relations Commission issues. I know Deputy Boyd Barrett read something into the record from an official record, so that is fair enough. The purpose of the committee is not to re-litigate WRC issues.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Excuse me. I cut across Ms Kirby, who wants to finish her point. We will then move on.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: We are well over time for this session. I invite Mr. Holohan and Ms Honan to come in and we will end on that point.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I call Ms Honan.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Deputy Patricia Ryan is next but I might put a question myself so we have a little break between Sinn Féin contributions. I will then open it to a second round. We must finish for the next session, which is at 7.30 p.m. I want to use my short time to talk about regional uplift, its future and the view of each representative group on that. I will start with SGI because I am trying...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I might follow up on that from the point of view of guilds. Sometimes, if a development is happening locally, as I know in the case of building developments, for example, there will often be a local employment clause that sets out what "local" means. What does "local" mean in this context?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Yes, we do not want them all moving to Dublin. We want the projects to go to them.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I do not think any of us is expecting that, say, Donegal would have a fully working set of crews but surely there could be an ecosystem, perhaps covering the west, that would be able to staff such projects.