Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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217. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if there is funding for chambers of commerce or tourism to avail of for website or App development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32732/20]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Chambers of Commerce cooperate with various local and regional stakeholders, including the Local Enterprise Offices, with a view to developing and sustaining enterprises and business. As business representative organisations, they are funded by their membership through subscriptions and the running of various business events. In that context, my Department supports individual enterprises through funding available through its development agencies, including retailers through the on-line retail Scheme and microenterprises through the trading on-line voucher Scheme. It would not, however, be appropriate to directly fund business representative organisations such as Chambers of Commerce. My colleague, the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, Catherine Martin TD, is best placed to provide the detail on the range of supports available to the tourism sector.