Mr. Paul Kelly:

In addition to the CRSS, the Government has allocated €55 million in business continuity support for 2021 to Fáilte Ireland. We are working through the detail of that scheme and how we might bring it to businesses. There was very much a sense that we did not have clarity as to what the CRSS would and would not cover but that there would probably be gaps in it. One of the issues is that to be eligible for the CRSS one has to be eligible for corporation tax, and those not-for-profits are not eligible for corporation tax.

We cannot confirm any details but we are aware of those sectors of the tourism economy that do not quality for the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme, CRSS, and not-for-profit attractions such as the Dunbrody Famine ship, Hook Head, etc., would fall into that category. We are very aware of those. It is important that those types of community projects get supported because they bring visitors into areas. They are strategic tourism businesses. They bring business in and drive demand in an area. We will be doing all we can to help in that regard.