Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that training in the film industry has a clear path way for trainees and recognised certification (details supplied). [49528/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Irish Film Board is the national development agency for Irish film making and the Irish film, television and animation industry. Screen Training Ireland is part of the Irish Film Board and is the national training and development resource specifically created for Ireland’s film and television industry. Screen Training Ireland works with national and internationally recognised industry professionals to identify, design and deliver training for Irish professionals. Training programmes are offered to enhance expertise in Film, Television, Animation and interactive screen content.

Issues around training  as well as recruitment of requisite  skills and talent and certification in the Irish film, television and animation industry through Screen Training Ireland are examined in the recently published National Strategy for Training and Education for the Audio-visual Industry which was commissioned by The Irish Film Board and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

The report has now been published and is available at www.irishfilmboard.ie/news/bai-and-ifb-report-calls-for-government-policy-on-training-for-the-film-tel.

The recommendations of this study, along with an economic analysis of our screen based creative industries which my Department has commissioned in partnership with the Departments of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and Business, Enterprise and Innovation, will provide inputs for the development of an industry-wide long term plan for Ireland as a global hub for the production of Film, TV Drama and Animation under Pillar 4 of the Creative Ireland Programme.