Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

What the Deputy is saying will fit very well with what we are doing. We are developing a national, sustainable tourism policy. It is about getting into the regions and promoting sustainable types of tourism, including the accommodation the Deputy mentioned, as well as for longer stays in the regions. Fáilte Ireland has a lot of business supports that it provides to the region's tourism industry. Its roadmap is about setting out the steps a business can take on its carbon reduction journey. We should be looking at supports in connection with the new sustainable tourism policy for the type of accommodation to which the Deputy referred. I take on board what he is saying in regard to a whole-of-government approach. Although accommodation is key, tourism is out of my remit in relation to building-----

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