Written answers

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Covid-19 Pandemic

Photo of Marc MacSharryMarc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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660. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no representative from the ground transport and scheduled services sector on the tourism recovery taskforce in view of the centrality of the sector to the tourism sector here. [12715/20]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Tourism Recovery Taskforce was established on 20 May 2020. The purpose of the Taskforce is to prepare a Tourism Recovery Plan which will include a set of recommendations on how best the Irish tourism sector can adapt and recover in the changed tourism environment as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. The plan will identify priority aims, key enablers and market opportunities for the sector for the period 2020-2023. The Taskforce may consult with stakeholders to inform its deliberations and will report back later this year.

The Taskforce is made up of an independent chairperson and 13 other members from a broad spectrum of backgrounds including tourism policy, tourism enterprise, international, private and public service. The members were selected on the basis of each person's capacity to bring his/her personal knowledge, skills, experience, competence, capability, strategic leadership and ideas to the work of the group. The individuals appointed will work together for the good of Irish Tourism as a whole. I can assure the Deputy that in the same manner that no sector was deliberately included, no sector was deliberately excluded.

The Taskforce may establish working groups to carry out specific tasks and has undertaken a widespread stakeholder consultation process whereby all sectors and interested parties provided constructive inputs and innovative ideas on how this vital sector to our economy can adapt and recover in a meaningful and sustainable way. The consultation process finished on June 28 and the Taskforce is considering the results.

 

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