Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Cassells. Of course, international travel, as we know, accounts for 75% of the revenue generated by the sector due to the pandemic.

Specifically, because the time is short, in relation to supports, the Government has committed that there will be no cliff edge. Of course, tourism is one of the impacted sectors recognised in the path ahead and we will be looking at that in the context of the national economic recovery plan. The Tánaiste and I have a tourism and hospitality forum. The next meeting is in May. Also, I presented the report from the tourism oversight group to my colleagues at Cabinet and have discussed it with Cabinet colleagues as well. That identifies the key supports that are needed. As I said, there will be no cliff edge. We absolutely recognise the need for support throughout the reopening.