Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Tourism Ireland and my Department are determined to get the message out that it is business as usual in the new situation. I am not suggesting that we should be complacent, but the Deputy should remember that it is not all bad news. We will obviously be looking for new markets but the exchange rate only affects our relationship in this way with Britain at the moment. Those British people who may decide not to come here are going to look at the Continent and find the exchange rate is exactly the same in Europe, where the euro is the common currency. The crisis in tourism may not be as bad as it sounds or as bad as we feared.

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