Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

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

Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion

Photo of Cathal CroweCathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is good to hear and we need something major to bring tourists back into the country. There is a perception, which is probably warranted to an extent, across the Atlantic that Ireland is a no-go place at the moment and it is effectively because much of the world is no-go at the moment due to Covid-19. However, we need people beyond our shores to know that this is an island of welcomes when we get beyond the peak Covid-19 phase and international air travel becomes possible again.

The Minister will understand my next point well, but tourism and hospitality, along with aviation, has probably been the most exposed sector during Covid-19. Those areas, by their own admission, are going to require long-term supports. Will the Minister outline some of the measures she anticipates being in place for those sectors? I refer not just to this summer and autumn but in the longer term as those sectors try to make a full recovery.

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