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

As I said, that €10 million was identified to help those downstream tourism businesses and Fáilte Ireland is engaging with us. It engaged with the impacted businesses to consider scope for a specific support scheme. My officials are now in intensive discussions with Fáilte Ireland on this and I hope to have the scheme finalised and published soon. Let us see how far the €10 million goes. I would be open to that. If that is not enough, then we will look to support, but let us see. We have to wait for the full accounts of 2023. I would see it launched in March and then probably to drawdowns in early summer. We will see what happens there. There is the cost of business scheme also that the Minister, Deputy Coveney, announced which will help businesses and we are meeting all the stakeholders next week in person. It is the first in-person meeting and we will listen to the stakeholders and hear what they say.

Regarding visual, I know Deputy Murnane O'Connor has raised this before, as has my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. I will talk to my officials about that and get back to her as soon as possible.

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