Mr. Cian ? Lion?in:

I thank the Senator for his question. His point is well made. It is one we are articulating with colleagues across the Government at the senior officials group in responding to the humanitarian crisis. For instance, in the recent report by the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation, ITIC, we outlined the immediate, medium- and longer term consequences for the tourism ecosystem. Some nine or ten months into the humanitarian response, it is fair to say the whole of government is trying to look beyond tourism as the mainstay support, but this is not easy to achieve. There is, though, a growing awareness of the downstream implications. This includes not only the displacement cost of spending in hotel or other tourism accommodation, but also the wider sector-----