Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised)

9:40 am

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister did make additional funding in the region of €1 million available in last year's budget to try to address that. However, when that is seen in the context of the funding that the UK Government put in place to mitigate the potential fall-off in tourists visiting the UK as a result of Brexit, it pales into insignificance. Moreover we have not been able - the Minister will correct me if I am wrong - to stop the downwards trajectory of UK visitor numbers. They has been falling month on month since the decision was taken. Does the Minister feel that we have put adequate resources behind the campaign to try to reverse that trend?

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