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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We will continue our discussion on working conditions in and the development of the Irish film industry. At our previous meeting we heard from the Irish Film Board, Screen Producers Ireland, Irish Equity and SIPTU. Today, I welcome Ms Denise Walker, Mr. John Ward, Mr. Liam Neville and Mr. Thomas O'Meilly from the GMB trade union and Mr. John Purdy and Mr. John Arkins from the Irish Film...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: As nobody else from GMB is seeking to make a presentation, I call on John Arkins to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Mr. Arkins. I will begin the questions myself. Several groups have come before the committee on this sector. It is an important sector for many reasons, economically, in the provision of work and because of the way in which it allows our country to tell its own story. If we do not do that, there is a danger that we could become a cultural satellite of other, larger countries. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: If I may interrupt, the problem with special purpose vehicles is that they only last for the time of production. People are employed directly for that and, therefore, they are being flipped every so often. Would the solution to that be that the workers within the sector would be employed directly by the production company?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: With regard to the prevalence of bogus self-employment, would Ms Denise Walker or Mr. John Arkins have an idea of the incidence of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: To be devil's advocate for a moment, if there was a person who was dealing with three different films at once, they could set up as a self-employed person and deliver that service to a number of different customers. Could that situation arise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I have only a couple of minutes left. The issue of training is one of the most bizarre elements of this sector in that it does not have a start, a middle, a finish or accreditation and that people who are highly experienced and highly trained already can be forced into situations where they are trainees again on a production. I am trying to get a feel for the prevalence of that. Testimony...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Does any member want to contribute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I would make a couple of points. This is a really important sector. Most involved in it would agree that section 481 funding is a good development and the sector needs this funding. Obviously, there is an element of dysfunction within the process that needs to be reformed. Funnily enough, we have had SPI, the film board and SIPTU here with us, and while they have a radically different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: What was the result?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Absolutely, I agree 100% that one needs to have, first of all, a situation where workers can actually live a healthy life, as well, for a start. Healthy workers living healthy lives are actually better workers, and more productive workers and more beneficial to society as well. Without a shadow of a doubt, it cannot be the case that one works above 48 hours or one is out. Once that big...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Senator O' Donnell, you wish to come in here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I caution people not to name individuals. A number of names have been mentioned already. It is important not to make allegations against people outside the Houses due to legal considerations. However, I appreciate the point being made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like to thank you all. Would Mr. Ward like to have a final word?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank everyone for coming in to discuss this extremely important issue. Their perspectives and views will be represented in the report that we will draft on this. We wish them luck in the future.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 421. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there are sufficient staff employed in Clontarf Hospital; the staff per patient ratio in the hospital; his further views on the level of staff turnover in the hospital; the number of staff who have left, been dismissed or taken early retirement from the hospital each year for the past five years; the way in which this compares with the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (13 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of indigenous films and foreign films, respectively, that have been made each year with the assistance of Irish Film Board funding over the past five years; and the number of these films that were profit making. [6798/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Epidemics (8 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the diagnostic test for Lyme disease here; the difference between the test here and in Germany; his plans to include the German diagnostic test here; his further plans to include the German treatment approach to the disease here; and if he will meet with the representatives of the organisation that represents persons with the condition here (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Arts in Education Charter (8 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has not sought to fill the vacant post of chairperson of the high level implementation group of the 2013 Arts in Education Charter. [6507/18]