Overview
All applications to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (“the Department”) for a Section 481 Certificate must include a TAB F Skills Development Plan. For all projects with eligible expenditure in excess of €2 million, a copy of the TAB F Skills Development Plan should also be submitted to Screen Ireland for approval.
The process for submitting to Screen Ireland is as follows:
A Provisional TAB F Skills Development Plan should be submitted to Screen Ireland for conditional approval at least 21 working days in advance of the commencement of Irish production or on the same date as the application for certification under Section 481 Taxes Consolidated Act 1997 is submitted to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.
A Final TAB F Skills Development Plan should be submitted to Screen Ireland for final approval after the commencement of Irish production. The submission must also include individual learning plans for each named skills participant for the duration of the production. The timeline for submission of the Final TAB F Skills Development Plan is as follows: 2 weeks after the commencement of Irish production for productions that are up to 6 weeks in duration for the shoot, 3 weeks after the commencement of Irish production for productions that are between 6-10 weeks in duration for the shoot, and 4 weeks after the commencement of Irish production for productions that are longer than 10 weeks in duration for the shoot. Final TAB F Skills Development Plan should not be submitted any later than 4 weeks after the commencement of Irish production unless approved by Screen Ireland.
Screen Ireland will review the TAB F Skills Development Plan and may seek changes, especially in relation to specific skills deficits and priority roles that have been identified in sectoral skills reports (including Screen Ireland skills reports).
The applicant must be the Producer Company.
Once the Provisional TAB F Skills Development Plan is approved, Screen Ireland will issue a Provisional Letter of Approval with Conditions which must then be submitted to the Department to allow the Department to finalise its assessment of the application.
Once the Final TAB F Skills Development Plan is approved, Screen Ireland will issue a Final Letter of Approval which must also be submitted to the Department.
The Producer Company will be required to furnish a full Skills Development Compliance report (to include sample tracking materials) and the final version of the TAB Z table to Screen Ireland in order to receive a final compliance confirmation letter from Screen Ireland.
If this is your first application, it is advisable to make an appointment to meet with the dedicated S481 Team (consisting of the Skills Development Executive S481 and Work based Learning and the Skills Development Coordinator S481) to discuss the TAB F Skills Development Plan for your production in advance of completing an application.
Please contact section481@screenireland.ie to request a meeting.
See below for links to download the Provisional TAB F Skills Development Plan Application Form; the Final TAB F Skills Development Plan Application Form; the Guiding Principles support document; and the Skills Development Compliance Report.
To access Irish language versions of these forms please visit the dedicated page here: Riachtanas Forbatha Scileanna Alt 481
Downloads
- Guiding Principles for Skills Development Plans
- Quality Assurance Compliance Report
- TAB F Skills Development Plan Application Form
Contacts
Emer MacAvin - emer.macavin@screenireland.ie
Skills Development Executive - Section 481 & Work-based Learning
Patrick Scahill - patrick.scahill@screenireland.ie
Skills Development Coordinator - Section 481 & Work-based Learning