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

No, because it is not a representative group. The voice of the restaurant and pub sector is heard by the Tánaiste and me in the tourism and hospitality forum. The oversight group is not a representative body.

Moving on to the State boards, those appointments are made through the Public Appointments Service, PAS, process and it is open to all applicants. I do not direct those appointments.

The stay and spend scheme, as I remarked earlier, was completely underutilised because of the stop-start nature of the pandemic. The scheme was designed for the off-peak season. It is my understanding the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, will take stock of the situation and look at the relevant supports. As I said, however, there will be no cliff edge cut-off of supports for the sector, and we will look to see what relevant supports can be put in place for that off-peak season.