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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (1 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to meet the shortage of second level teachers with Irish, particularly those teaching languages and science subjects in the Irish medium and Gaeltacht schools. [4652/18]

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

Peadar Tóibín: Is féidir linn tús a chur leis an gcruinniú. Táimid i seisiún poiblí. Níl aon leithscéal faighte againn. I would ask everybody to switch off their mobile phones.

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

Peadar Tóibín: You set an example for all of us, Senator.

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

Peadar Tóibín: Inniu, pléimid coinníollacha oibre agus forbairt sa tionscal scannán, working conditions and development within the Irish film industry. Today, we are here to discuss working conditions in and the development of the Irish film industry and to help us in our consideration of this matter we are joined by the Irish Film Board, represented by Mr. James Hickey, CEO, Ms Teresa Mc...

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

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe go léir as an bhfianaise a thug siad inniu. I apologise; before I open the questioning, I invite Mr. Macken to make his contribution.

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

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith agat. Obviously this is a very important sector for a number of reasons. The first of these is the artistic expression it allows. Second, it allows our country to tell our story. To a certain extent, it is very easy for us to become a satellite of Anglo-American culture, and that is not a good thing. Third, the sector adds a lot to the Irish economy. Another important...

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...