Film Industry
Dail Éireann — 2023-01-26
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

I spoke with Equity this morning. Time and again, it has made it clear that its members are being forced to waive their rights to intellectual property and to sign contracts saying they are getting equitable remuneration when they are not. When I asked the president of Equity directly what would happen if someone did not sign the contract, the answer was that the performer would not get the job.
Regarding the declaration requirement that a producer company indicates to the Minister any legal or Labour Court issue that arises, has Metropolitan Films, for example, informed her that a finding was made against it in the Labour Court over a breach of a collective agreement with film crew? Have some of the other film producer companies indicated that there are cases going to the High Court arising from cases in the Labour Court where companies in receipt of section 481 relief did not even bother to turn up and where they were named as having been in breach of legislation? Is the Minister aware of this kind of stuff?

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Sitting date: 2023-01-26