Kieran Phelan (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister to the House to take this important legislation, the main purpose of which is to provide a statutory basis for the new National Tourism Development Authority. Upon its establishment, Bord Fáilte and CERT will be dissolved and their functions transferred to the new body. This will mean that one body will be responsible for the promotion of training, human resource and marketing skills development in the tourism industry as well as the other vital tasks and roles currently undertaken by the two bodies concerned.