Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The 10,000 jobs predicted by Departments to be lost in the tourism and hospitality sector is a large number. Some of the job losses will be concentrated in particular regions. Is it time for the Government to revisit the decision it took last year to increase the VAT rate to 13.5% in one fell swoop, given what the tourism and hospitality sector may be facing into?

Is that one of the options the Minister would look at?