Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of public funding the Irish film industry received in each of the past five years to date; if she has conducted research and statistical analysis as to the number of persons currently employed in the Irish film industry and the number that are currently out of employment across the various occupational categories within the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6593/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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Screen Ireland is the national development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry, investing in talent, creativity and enterprise with a mission to support and promote Irish film, television and animation through fostering Irish artistic vision and our diverse creative and production talent, growing audiences, and attracting filmmakers and investment into the country. The following are the allocations for each of the past 5 years to Screen Ireland.

In 2022, the allocation is €36.743m comprised of €4.593m current and €32.15m capital.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) continues to develop and implement the broadcasting funding schemes that support an increase in the production and availability of diverse, innovative and culturally relevant Irish audio-visual content. The following amounts were allocated by BAI to Sound and Vision projects:

* Interim figure subject to audit.

Screen Ireland estimates that the Film, TV and Animation sector in Ireland is estimated to be worth over €692 million, comprising 11,960 jobs by way of direct, indirect and induced employment across the economy. Screen Ireland compiles statistics on the numbers of cast, crew, trainees and extras employed on Screen Ireland funded projects. This data is available at www.screenireland.ie/industry-insights/screenireland-data.

In addition, my Department is engaging with the Central Statistics Office to deepen the statistical information collected on employment and activity in the Arts & Culture sectors and this has the potential to add to research and statistical analysis about the levels of employment and unemployment in the audiovisual, sector and the various occupational categories within the industry.