Mary O'Rourke (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of the mid Shannon corridor tourism infrastructure investment scheme. [27647/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Mid-Shannon Corridor Tourism Infrastructure Investment Scheme was introduced in the Finance Act 2007. It is a new pilot tax based scheme for tourism facilities in the mid-Shannon area. The scheme is aimed at encouraging the development of new tourism infrastructure, or the refurbishment of existing tourism infrastructure, in that area.

The scheme will be commenced by way of Ministerial order as soon as the scheme's guidelines have been drawn up and agreed and the scheme has been approved by the European Commission.

The development of the guidelines has been the subject of ongoing consultations between the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism and my Department. These guidelines and accompanying application forms are now at an advanced stage and will be completed very shortly.