Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a difficult issue but one that needs to be addressed. Ms Gleeson was here for the debate and discussion earlier and I am convinced that recruitment and retention have a huge part to play in the difficulties within our tourism sector. That was a key point that was made to us in prior committee meetings. We have to sell the industry in trade shows abroad and we have to try to recruit and encourage staff to come to this country to work in that sector.

I might come back to Ms Nash on the arts and culture sector. I mention the impact indicators on visitors to cultural institutions. The number of people attending national cultural institutions' learning and participation events are measures of activity, not of public service quality. Is there no equivalent output indicator that relates to the national cultural institutions?