Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate
Mr. Michael Cawley:
I do not know the answer to that. Philosophically, we want to assist anything that helps tourism, provided it fits into what customers want and what they are telling us they want.
I will give the Deputy an example. We have deliberately stopped supporting distilleries because we believe there are enough of them. We researched the experience of distilleries in Scotland and found that only the top five or six were successful. We have an input in terms of our research as to what can help people locally. If finance is an issue, if we are allowed to do it and if it falls within our definition, we are very happy to look at it. There is no religious objection to this.
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