Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Tourism - An Industry Strategy for Growth to 2025: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Eoghan O'Mara Walsh:
We have regular, positive and constructive relationships with all of the organisations mentioned, including Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland - which is the overseas marketing agency. We are meeting the Department next week and we meet the Minister, Deputy Ross, and the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, as much as we can. We get our points across. We also have an ongoing engagement with the local authorities. It is a collaborative approach. Tourism is not in the gift of any one entity or organisation. We are the umbrella organisation for the sector, so we speak on behalf of the hotels federation, ferry companies, airlines, restaurants, vintners, and attractions etc. We can communicate that message with a single voice. Tourism's success in future, however, is predicated on everyone working together. That sounds very clichéd but that-----
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