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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank all of the witnesses and not just for their presentations today. We are experiencing a relatively golden period in terms of Irish content production in film, television drama and animation. The combination of the work all the witnesses do is particularly important. Our committee wants to see a lot more of it, and part of the reason for that is what the witnesses have outlined....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Sorry to interrupt. Given what Mr. Kavanagh has outlined and that there are issues around state aid rules, of which we are aware, should we look at the 32% rate, especially in light of what has happened in the UK? What action should we take?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Let us say one of those international studios chose somewhere other than filming in Dublin or Wicklow. What would those studios or the witnesses estimate to be the additional cost percentage wise?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: If I were to push Ms Finnegan to give a ballpark percentage, where she was saying to one of the big US companies to come to Ireland but that they wanted them to film in Clare, Mayo or Donegal-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I might ask to come back, just because I am conscious of time.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Perhaps Mr. Horan, Ms Flood and, perhaps, Mr. Esslemont might want to come in on what they estimate the cost difference would be.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Is it fair to say that if the regional uplift and WRAP funding had not been there, a series like “Smother” could not have been produced in somewhere like Lahinch?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I want to ask Mr. Esslemont, because he obviously has the experience that he spoke about, what he reckons is the difference in the cost.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I have one final question and Mr. Kavanagh might want to take it. When the 5% regional uplift was introduced, and this is where I was asking the question, the figure of 5% was set because there was an assumption that filming outside of Dublin and Wicklow cost at least 5% more. Has the Department carried out any other research as to the impact of the regional uplift we have heard about and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: When Mr. Kavanagh says "the acceptable high point", how was that determined?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Chair.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: One of us can continue to chair, if you want.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I hope Senator Cassells is not drawing comparisons.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Very finally. I have given more latitude than the Chair of the committee. I am being far too generous.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I would like to thank everyone. I have often made the case in this committee that we have not had a good Irish political drama since "Charlie". I know there have been some dramas of this nature on TG4. I suggest that political drama goes on elsewhere and that facts can often be stranger than fiction. It would be particularly important, in the context of recommendations going forward, that...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the witnesses. I appreciate the drama today is competing with drama elsewhere. I thank all of the witnesses for their attendance and the committee secretariat for facilitating this.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach under Seanad Standing Order 116 on a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing harmonised requirements in the Internal Market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries and...