Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visas granted to non-EU workers on film and television productions in receipt of State funding in each of the years 2007 to 2017. [13961/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department has responsibility for the State's employment permits regime. During the years referred to by the Deputy a total of 559 employment permits were issued under the sectoral heading of "Entertainment" which includes film and television productions. My Department does not record if the particular enterprise in which a person is employed is in receipt of State funding.

The Department of Justice and Equality has responsibility for issuing immigration permissions/visas and I am advised that they do not record the industry in which a person is employed nor whether the particular enterprise the person works in is State funded.

Permits granted to non -EU workers in the entertainment sector from 2007 – 2017