Film Industry
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-18
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

I would welcome seeing that and I am sure the Deputy will give me what he has about the survey. I will also raise it through my Department with the Department of culture and Screen Ireland. If there is useful information that provides us with an insight into the industry, I would like to see that. It is important to see it and it should not be suppressed. I share that view. On whoever is giving me the information, the information is from my Department, to be clear. I am told there have been times when an Irish production has used PACT-Equity terms but there have also been cases where actors have been offered terms equivalent to UK PACT-Equity terms and have refused them on the basis of previous Irish contracts offering better terms, in particular on lower budget productions.
I am sharing that with the Deputy for the benefit of the discussion. Ultimately, as the Deputy knows, it is a matter for workers' and employers' representatives to reach agreement.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-18