Written answers
Thursday, 30 July 2020
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if private bus companies providing transit services can avail of the €10 million stimulus package for coach tour operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19894/20]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The July Stimulus Package introduced significant measures to help support businesses to recover following the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis incIuding the employment wage subsidy scheme, the refund of corporation tax, the rates waiver, and an increased restart grant. However I am aware of how badly impacted the coach tourism sector has been by the crisis due to the lack of international tourists and a fall in demand for local coach services. Accordingly, I have asked Fáilte Ireland to develop a Business Continuity Scheme to help these businesses through this very difficult period. Fáilte Ireland will now engage with the sector to develop this scheme which has been allocated €10m in funding.
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