Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It would be quite useful to get a comparison. We are a very small country in comparison to France or the UK from the point of view of our population.

I tabled a parliamentary question about influencers some time ago and how much was being spent. I was really surprised that the reply stated that HRI paid an influencer to promote Cheltenham. I understand why we promote our own industry, but why would we be promoting that? I know there is a significant return in terms of wins and things like that. Why would we spend any money promoting that? Does any of that come from public funds? I know that other money was spent on online activities with the same influencer. However, I was very surprised to see that.