Michael D'Arcy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is some sense in what Senator Barrett has said but equally we cannot ignore the fact that there are 51,000 people employed in the sector. I am wondering aloud. Can more be done to benefit the sector in the overall scheme rather than being targeted at an individual hotel or business? What if we had greater joined-up thinking? To paraphrase the line from the Kevin Costner film "Field of Dreams", if people have a reason to come, they will come. People come to the Acting Chairman's area for certain reasons but there are other areas in the country where there is no facility or reason for people to come. Potentially, if we set about a greater joined-up version of thinking, some of the tax incentives could be applicable to and spread the benefit to a new facility somewhere else. I suggest much of this should be targeted in specific areas. Is there something that could be done in that way that is more sustainable, rather than targeting individual businesses?