Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion
Mr. Paul Hackett:
What we could do is share with the committee the documentation that we presented to the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, and to the Department of Transport. We are also in discussions with them again this week on the possibility of some additional cash flow funding which will overcome that time lag between bookings and profitability and the industry returning because, as Mr. Dawson says, the supports have prevented collapse. While the collapse last week was very unfortunate, considering this sector has had no income it is a sign of its resilience and strength to have so few collapses, but that is contingent on the supports continuing.
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