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Screen Producers Ireland

Business group · Media & publishing · HQ: Ireland · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, Screen Producers Ireland appears in 6 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

6
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€10k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) is the national representative organisation for over 250 independent film, television and animation production companies in Ireland active in all genres from feature film, documentary, TV drama and animation to factual, entertainment, lifestyle, sports, young people’s and children’s programming.”

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“SPI promotes commercial interests of our members with the relevant state, semi-state and private bodies on a broad range of issues that are key to the success of the sector thereby contributing to the development of Ireland’s economy and culture. As an employers organisation, SPI negotiates collective agreements with the unions involved in feature film and TV drama crewing. SPI negotiates Terms of Trade with RTE and TG4. SPI links in to a network of international producer representative associations including Pact in the UK, the PGA in the US and is a member of the European Co-ordination of Independent Producers (CEPI). SPI is governed by a Bo (...)”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 6 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party467%
Renew Europe117%
Socialists & Democrats117%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2025). All meetings were in one calendar year.

2025
6

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Maria Walsh
1 meeting · EPP
Regina Doherty
1 meeting · EPP
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
1 meeting · S&D
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
1 meeting · Renew
Seán Kelly
1 meeting · EPP

The 6 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
25 Mar 2025Aodhán Ó RíordáinAudio-Visual Digital Services Directive
25 Mar 2025Maria WalshAudiovisual Media Services Directive
25 Mar 2025Cynthia Ní MhurchúDigital Services Directive
25 Mar 2025Seán KellyPriorities of the audiovisual production sector in Ireland
25 Mar 2025Regina DohertyProduction Sector Ireland

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