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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Does Mr. Hickey recognise that it can lead to an unequal relationship between worker and employee that can be exploited. Is there a solution to it? If we can park the accounting purposes, is there a solution to the lack of continuous employment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: If Ms Geraghty went to Grafton Street and asked a person whether he or she would like an employment scenario where the job comes to an end every four months and the person has to keep reapplying for it, everybody asked would say "No". That would leave the employee in an unequal position to the employer. It would change the nature of the experience with the employer and leave the employee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Does Ms O'Loughlin wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Does Mr. Collins have a comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to focus on training. This is a major gripe within the sector as far as I can see because the training seems to have no beginning, no middle and no end. It has no accreditation. If a person looks to go into any sector, what he or she will seek is to know how long it is going to take, know what their output has to be and know the accreditation. Once they have achieved that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Indigenous and foreign films.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: What percentage of the total spend is on indigenous film and what percentage is foreign?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Would both be getting State funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I was referring to investment in film under section 48.1

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Will Screen Producers Ireland, SPI, comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Would Ms McGrane comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I would have had people come to me who have degrees, years of experience working in a particular sector within the industry who told me that they get repeated requests to become part of a production as a trainee. I do not know how that facilitates productions. One of the important things is that we leave capacity in the sector. If the Government is spending money there needs to be a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Land Commission (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is policy to support the existence of cow parks (details supplied); and his plans to protect the last remaining cow parks in the future. [4668/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the North-South interconnector is to proceed, if EirGrid will have permission to enter farmers' lands against their will to erect the pylons; if so, the basis on which it has the right to do same; if the cost of dealing with the likely civil disobedience that will be generated from this action has been...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 356. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in the building of the Irish Arts Centre in New York; when construction will commence; the amount that was invested; if the project has sufficient funds to complete the building and have it opened; if there has been a request to the Government or her Department for further funds to help complete the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Redeployment (31 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 360. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff under her Department and agencies or bodies under her aegis seconded as national experts to the EU; and the grade number, pay scale and the length of time each member has been serving while under secondment, in tabular form. [4765/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Indemnity Cover (30 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the programme for Government commitment to establish an expert group to 0;report within six months on options for reforming the law of torts and the claims process, particularly when it comes to birth injuries, catastrophic injuries...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Indemnity Cover (30 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 472. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the system of clinical and medical indemnity is inhumane and contributes to long legal battles before eventual apology and admission of liability and can add to the trauma of families; and his plans to reform the system of clinical and medical indemnity. [4605/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (30 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 473. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recommendations of a commission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4606/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency Data (30 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 17 January 2018, the status of each plot of land listed by terms (details supplied); if each plot of land is still in public ownership; if not, the price at which it was sold; and the date of same. [3933/18]