Production Specification Form

The Production Specification Form is the master deliverable that producers submit to Screen Ireland (Fís Éireann) between the funding-offer date and financial closing. It tells Screen Ireland exactly how the production is structured, financed, owned, bonded, insured, recouped and exploited — and is the document Screen Ireland reads to satisfy itself that the loan can close.

Submitted in Microsoft Word format on the Screen Ireland template. The form was updated in 2026 — confirm you are working from the current template before populating.

The form has nine sections, each demanding a distinct piece of structured information. Below in the order they appear on the form.

A. Structure

A diagram and a narrative of the production's corporate structure — Producer Company, Qualifying Company (the DAC — when required DAC), co-producers, and the flow of money through them.

B. Production

The biggest section by volume — five sub-sections:

### Production entities
Producer Company name, registered address, CRO company number, list of directors, company secretary. Same for the Qualifying Company. Co-producers, and the production lawyer(s).

### Tax clearance
Tax clearance access numbers for both the Producer Company and the Qualifying Company.

### Production specifications
Director, writer, individual producer(s), executive producer(s), principal cast / contributors, logline. Plus talent details: cast requirements (incl. escrow), essential elements, special approvals, US guild requirements (SAG-AFTRA / WGA / DGA), box office + award bonuses.

### Heads of Department
17 named HoD roles populated with each person's name:

### Budget items
Specific line-item totals — Irish contingency, Global contingency, Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) levy, completion bond fee, legal fees, audit fees, individual producer fees, exec producer fees, bond exclusions, Total Irish Expenditure for Section 481 — the Irish scripted tax credit, plus Total Irish ATL / Pre-Production / Production / Post-Production each broken into Labour + Goods & Services + Total. Total Regional Spend (not Dublin / Wicklow) is a separate line.

### Technical details + key production dates
12 distinct date fields, from anticipated financial closing through prep / principal photography start + end / post-production start / rough cut / director's cut / picture lock / animatic / delivery / first market / first TV broadcast.

### Bank accounts
Three sets — Producer Company, Qualifying Company, and any sterling / dollar / excluded production accounts. Each with bank name, address, account name, IBAN, BIC / SWIFT, and signatories.

### Employment details
Counts: Total Cast / Irish Cast / Total Extras / Irish Extras / Total Crew / Irish Crew / Total Trainees / Irish Trainees / Total Contributors (documentary only). Budgeted Irish Labour Costs (gross wages / salaries / fees) split between PAYE and Other.

C. Finance

The full Finance Plan — financiers × (Debt / Equity / Rights Advance / Section 481 — the Irish scripted tax credit / Other Finance) × currencies. Plus Terms of Finance: financing fees, interest charges, premiums, holdbacks, order of funding / escrow, proposed priority of security, pre-production finance requirements.

Irish Tax Credit information specifically: Production Auditor, Tax Credit Funder (incl. financing terms + fees + conditions precedent), Tax Credit Estimate, Tax Credit Opinion Provider (if distinct), Date Submitted to Revenue, Proposed Claim Dates, Anticipated Tax Credit Loan Repayment Dates.

D. Chain of Title

A table of Document × Parties × Date for every chain-of-title instrument. The form explicitly asks for option agreements, option exercise notices, quitclaims, writer agreements, screenplay / treatment assignment agreements, one-picture licences, funder development agreements, and any reassignment agreements signed at closing.

Rights & Clearances: Film Ownership Production Company, split of film ownership between co-producers (percentages), Music Rights (worldwide all media in perpetuity), Anticipated Archive Clearances.

E. Insurance

Production Insurances — Broker, Premium, Term, Cast Medicals completed, Essential Elements.

Required limits — Screen Ireland mandates:

Plus the standard abandonment + accident / illness / death extensions for the director, individual producers, and principal cast.

E&O Insurance — SI-specific terms

Errors & Omissions insurance carries Screen Ireland-specific wording requirements:

• Term ≥ 3 years from delivery, starting from commencement of principal photography
• Limits not less than US$1,000,000 for any single occurrence and US$3,000,000 for all occurrences with an excess of not more than US$10,000
• No exclusions whatsoever
• Additional Insured: Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland and its officers, agents, directors, successors and assigns
• Insurers must give the Additional Insureds 30 days' notice of any cancellation or material amendment

F. Recoupment

Collection arrangements: collection agent, collection agent's fees, accountancy currency, excluded revenues. Plus the proposed recoupment schedule for Screen Ireland approval — including the corridor split for any Recoupment Corridor entitlement.

G. Completion Bond

Completion Bond company, strike price, bonded delivery date, required cast medicals, required cast approvals, bonded distribution agreements, bonded delivery materials. See Completion bond.

H. Credits

Main Title (animated logos, presentation credits, "in association with", production credit, individual producer credits, co-producer credits, exec producer credits, principal cast, writer, director). End roller. Billing block + excluded ads.

The End Roller must include the specific Screen Ireland credit:

Executive Producer for Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland [insert Representative's name]

Plus, at the borrower's discretion, a block of credits for up to six Screen Ireland executives in the end credits.

I. Exploitation

Distribution per territory (Irish distributor, UK distributor, distributor rights, commission, expenses, theatrical release details, term). Distribution fees per window: Theatrical, Non-Theatrical, Home Video, DTR + DTO, Pay TV + VOD, Free TV, Broadcaster, Other Rights.

Sales agent terms: agent, territories, rights, commission, expenses, sales approvals, plus the sales agent's estimates table.

Delivery schedules — every delivery material for financiers, sales agent, distributors, including any bonded delivery materials.

When it's submitted

Between the Screen Ireland funding-offer date and financial closing. The form is the document the Screen Ireland Business and Legal Affairs team reviews to clear the loan to close — late or incomplete submission slips the closing date.

How Togra supports this

Togra generates the Production Specification Form pack as a pre-filled Microsoft Word document from every structured surface in the system. Sections A–B pull from Company Profile + Teoranta entity register + project crew + bank accounts. Section C points to the Finance Plan. Section D pulls from the Chain of Title + Archive Clearances registers. Section E carries the SI E&O wording pre-baked (3-year term / US$1M / US$3M / US$10k limits / no exclusions / Additional Insured wording / 30-day notice) for confirmation rather than research. Section F pulls the saved Recoupment Corridor allocations. Section G fills the Completion Bond record. Section H pulls credit block builder entries with the mandatory SI rep credit. Section I pulls every distribution / sales / broadcaster arrangement with its per-window fee grid. Anything Togra doesn't yet capture is marked [Producer to insert] so nothing reaches Screen Ireland blank.