Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht

Impact of Covid-19 on the Hospitality Sector: Discussion

Mr. Padraic McGann:

It is lack of information, and that is under many other headings. They have not been told anything about it. That is a crime. That does not apply to just that single item. There are many other headings we never hear about.

It has been fabulous listening to this today. I am from a small village in a small community. There are many of us out here who are suffering. All of us here today have used one word. The one thing that is needed immediately for every one of us, because we are all planning to reopen in a few months, is money. Money is what makes the world go around and it would give us an opportunity to plan our opening. That is what the Government needs immediately, and I ask the committee to convey this to the Government. Money is available. We have all been short of money in this country since we were born. Now there is money available, but it must be made available over a long period. I suggest ten years. Five years is the maximum if one goes to the banks. It should come through the enterprise boards. We are going to be almost two years without doing business and it will be five years before Covid will be eradicated and we can get back to our 2019 turnover. Money is what is needed to get all of us off the ground.

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