Insurance companies ‘put up roadblocks’ to funding for film and TV industry

Desiree Finnegan, chief executive of Screen Ireland (PA)

Insurance companies put up “roadblocks” and posed a “significant challenge” to the Irish film and television industry as it battled with the effects of the pandemic, a committee has been told.

The media Oireachtas committee was told that the industry has been in an “extremely difficult position” because of Ireland’s lockdowns.