Industry Impact
- Digital Piracy: Allocate additional resources to An Garda Síochána to combat digital piracy through investigation and prosecution.
- Irish language content:Promote the development, production, and delivery of Irish-language content to showcase Irish culture and heritage.
- Public Service Broadcasting: Reform the funding of public service media and content production to fully address the needs of Irish audiences in the current media and audiovisual production and distribution landscape.
- Regional Production and Skills Development: Invest more in regional skills development and production, including interim funding to bridge the gap until new regionally focused Section 481 measures are developed.
- Screen Ireland Funding: Continue increasing Screen Ireland's current and capital funding to support Irish creative talent and attract inward production investment, benchmarking against similar agencies in other countries.
- Tax Incentives:
- Conduct a study to explore introducing a Section 481 tax credit incentive uplift for producers based in Gaeltacht areas.
- Implement the commitment in the Minister for Finance’s Budget 2025 speech to explore the scope to introduce a visual effects (VFX) specific measure Budget 2026.