Ms Jenny De Saulles:

I thank the Deputy. In terms of a few items that have come up, we will conduct an education outreach programme and link with the sectoral bodies but also the wider community through our destination and experience development plans, DEDPs.

The Deputy talked about supporting rural businesses. Even before the register comes in, and in line with the Minister, Deputy Burke's, policy at the moment, we are rolling out a number of programmes to help businesses to reduce the cost of doing business and to grow their market share and business, be that online through digital platforms or through marketing and sales initiatives. There are a lot of supports at the moment for rural businesses; they just need to tap into Fáilte Ireland. Those supports are available now whether the businesses are on the register or not.