Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any funding is available to a person (details supplied) who has set up a company to promote heritage sites, national monuments and architectural wonders here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38448/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national policy and it is not involved in the administration of tourism funding programmes. 

Fáilte Ireland provides a range of business supports to individual tourism businesses throughout the country. The supports assist businesses in matters including financial restructuring, business mentoring, productivity improvement, sales and marketing, ebusiness and customer care, but they do not directly fund business expansion.  

To access these supports the company should contact their local Fáilte Ireland Client Services Officer. Contact details for these officers are available in the booklet "Your Guide to Fáilte Ireland Services 2012" which is available under Publications on the Fáilte Ireland corporate website,