John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

I am not announcing the death of the country tourism committees, I am merely writing the obituary. There clearly was too much duplication, overlap and overcrowding in tourism structures in the State. We need to target the resources we have in a measured and focused way. We cannot do that if there is too much disaggregation in the process. I do not believe it is a great idea.

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