Ms Gina McIntyre:

Yes, we have a lot of greenways and they are lovely and good. A couple of them will be finished under our current programmes, namely the north-west greenway network and the Carlingford Lough greenway.

On hospitality, we wrote the programme before the war in Ukraine. We kept it flexible for post Covid-19 pandemic recovery, but we did not know what was coming down the tracks. We looked at retail and tourism in particular. We knew they would be badly affected and tried to see where they could get involved in the programme. There are areas written into the programme specifically for tourism and hospitality. They are specifically mentioned under upskilling, reskilling and new skills; under the rural regeneration theme; and under smart towns and villages, which opened today. We talk a lot to the tourism sector, because it needs to get involved. Under investment area 6.1, we have an administrative approach to reducing any legal obstacles and challenges along the Border. There is a lot of interest in that and a lot of work can be done in joint marketing strategies for tourism. We speak to the sector quite often.

We do not plan to fund any hotels because they are normally private enterprises so that is not included in the programme. The Deputy mentioned a potential hotel run by a community centre. That could potentially come through under the rural regeneration theme or perhaps under the one that opened today, smart towns and villages. Social inclusion and rural isolation are part of those two themes so perhaps something could happen there.