Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have seen how travel agents are suffering. Take a family that has booked a holiday for €3,000. A travel agent does not get paid until someone flies. Travel agents' income in 2019 was zero and it is zero for 2020. What other industry had to give back its 2019 income in 2020? Who was there to answer people's emails and calls about their holidays? Travel agents remained open to help those who had booked holidays and to deal with refunds. They dealt with people around the world to bring them home before the airports closed. They need support from the Government. They need grants, not loans. How would we manage our holidays if they closed?

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