Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 March 2022
195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 8 February 2022, if she has conducted up-to-date research and analysis of the current levels of employment and unemployment across the various occupational categories in the Irish film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15549/22]
View answerAn Economic Analysis of the Audiovisual Sector in the Republic of Ireland by Olsberg SPI with Nordicity Report in 2017 showed that there were a total of 11,960 employed in the category of Film, TV and animation.
Screen Ireland compiles statistics on an ongoing basis 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 and 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.
Finally, Screen Ireland is currently working on developing a Crew/Workforce and Facilities Database that will gather data on those working in the screen sector in Ireland. This will be a further resource for the sector in the future in terms of hiring, data on the workforce, monitoring changes in the workforce and in terms of monitoring skills gaps.
