Artists' Remuneration
Dail Éireann — 2023-10-19
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Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF), Dublin South-Central

I can tell the Minister from having met many creatives, some in my family, that only up the road there are better terms and conditions for those creatives who are on film sets in the North than there are for those in this State. Yet with the section 481 relief the Government facilitated the industry once again in the budget. I am not arguing about that - there is a vital need for section 481 - but, hand in hand with any changes that benefit the industry, we have to make sure there is a benefit for the creatives working in the industry, and we have not moved in that regard. I think the Department is well aware of situations in which, whether in England or in the North, writers and those in Equity have shown to everyone that they have different terms and conditions and are not forced to sign buyout contracts in the way they are here.

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Sitting date: 2023-10-19