Mr. Adrian Cummins:

I can speak about outdoor dining. We want every business in every part of Ireland and in every local authority area to be able to access direct capital expenditure grants if the Government's policy is around a summer outdoors. We understand that will only help 20% of businesses so we need to increase the restart grant. For those businesses not able to trade currently, the CRSS must continue if they are not able to trade as we go through the summer.

The Deputy asked about engagement on tourism and hospitality matters. The State agency with responsibility for tourism development is Fáilte Ireland, but it does not have responsibility for hospitality. This is where there is a blurring of vision and we must review how all our State agencies work on behalf of the State and whether they are fit for purpose. The last time we did this was in 2003, when we merged Bord Fáilte and CERT. In this crisis we must do a review and ensure we have a fit-for-purpose State apparatus to support both tourism and hospitality. It is where I see this moving. It should also involve Enterprise Ireland, local enterprise offices etc.