Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a brief one. The matter of the tourism official is a matter for the local authority. Perhaps the Deputy will liaise with the local authority in that regard.

Much work is being done on tourism in counties Sligo and Leitrim. Some €100,000 was made available to the authorities in Carrick-on-Shannon to develop a Taste Leitrim food and enterprise zone. I have seen how successful Taste of Cavan has been. These types of initiatives are very good for boosting the local economy. Some €100,000 was provided to Tubbercurry enterprise centre. The Deputy and others attended the event. Moreover, €200,000 was provided for a mountain biking project in the Ox Mountains. This was a joint project involving Mayo County Council. In total, counties Sligo and Leitrim received almost €4 million in funding from my Department last year to support a range of projects under REDZ, the town and village scheme, CLÁR and the rural recreation scheme. The Deputy mentioned one project in particular but all these initiatives come from the local authorities so it is a matter of working with them to make progress on them.

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