Mr. Eoghan O'Mara Walsh:

Without getting into technicalities, it is the Central Statistics Office, CSO, that publishes figures on tourist spending data. The CSO has not been back doing this since Covid-19. The information we have at the moment is anecdotal, therefore. This is frustrating and leaves us in a bit of a data vacuum. It worries us that policymakers and Ministers are making policy decisions without up-to-date and accurate data and statistics. A method lies behind the suggested figure of €1 billion. It is based on the number of international visitors and those from the domestic market that will be displaced by the humanitarian situation and applying the multiplier referred to by Mr. Ó Lionáin.