Screen Producers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Screen Producers Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Screen Producers Ireland Pre Budget submission 2019

Intended results Extend Section 481, in its current form, beyond 2020 to reflect the long lead time required in the film, TV and animation production sector / Legislate for this extension in the forthcoming Finance Bill / Allocate €20m of Project 2040 funding annually to Screen Ireland from 2019.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Elaine Geraghty

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (1)

The SPI Pre Budge Submission was sent to the Minister along with a letter outlining the challenges facing the Independent Production Sector due to the lack of TV Licence Fee reform

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)