NEP Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: These shows generate substantial employment, long-term investment, and reputational value for the host country. By disallowing such models from qualifying for support under the new scheme, Ireland risks losing out on exactly the kind of scalable, export-oriented productions that could transform its global standing in this space.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Patrick O’Donovan (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Intent: To help support the Irish television industry to become a global entertainment HUB for unscripted television.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Intent: To get the government to set up a new tax incentive similar to Section 481 but for unscripted entertainment television

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: An new tax incentive

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: A new version of the section 481 to assign to the unscripted television entertainment marketplace for foreign investment purposes

Methods: Email