Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 215:

In page 131, to delete lines 13 to 33 and substitute the following: “(2) The scheme or schemes made under subsection (1) shall support the development and production of new audiovisual works (including films, drama series, animation and factual/documentary) which relate to or involve any or all of the following:

(a) Irish culture and language, including Irish storytelling on screen, giving full breadth to the diversity of background, heritage, experience and history, both fictional and factual;

(b) the works of Irish creative talent, including writers, directors, producers, animators, performers, designers, composers and other creative and technical personnel, including new and emerging as well as leading Irish creative talent;

(c) works which may address in the manner of their making and the stories they tell:

(i) the experiences of the peoples of the island of Ireland, including the experiences of peoples of Irish ancestry living abroad;

(ii) environmental sustainability and climate change;

(iii) human rights, including diversity, equality and inclusion;

(iv) science or education; and

(v) adult literacy or media literacy;

(d) the provision of development funding for the works outlined in paragraphs (a) to (c), of funding for research into the background to the works so outlined, pilot projects in relation to those works and of such other funding as may appear to the Commission to support the works outlined above; and

(e) such incidental, supplementary or consequential measures that appear to the Commission necessary to fund and/or support in the light of the above.”.