John O'Mahony (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State and welcome this Bill, which aims to increase the cumulative total of funding for spending and capital tourism projects. As the Minister of State rightly pointed out, it is not an allocation but it will allow allocations down the line. It is important to continue to support tourism projects and investments. As has been pointed out already, we saw the updated figures for 2016 at a meeting of the Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport yesterday. Brexit is a threat and a worry, but it is great to see that it has not affected the numbers travelling from the United Kingdom.