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

Photo of Marc MacSharryMarc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I assure Mr. Cawley that my figures are accurate. I asked Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland for them. They were derived from international research, and I can provide them to him.

I promise I am concluding. This is my very last question. Is there an opportunity to build place bonding and repeat visiting through the excellent work Fáilte Ireland does? However, is it trying to do a little too much? Are we missing out on having a local structure that reflects the umbrella branding and the overall mission of Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland? Perhaps, supported by local authorities and industry, we could have local bodies like, going back to the 1960s, the regional tourism organisations envisaged by Lemass, which evolved into Bord Fáilte and Fáilte Ireland but have broadly disappeared apart from private community-run groups, which are very successful in some areas but not in others. Do we need a structure around that which could enhance it?

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