Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Covid-19 supports available to self-catering businesses; and if more supports are planned by her Department. [39090/20]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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Budget 2021 included a number of substantial measures to support and strengthen the tourism sector and are supplemented by the economy-wide business supports and social welfare measures.

€55 million has been provided for Business Continuity Schemes for strategic tourism businesses to help them survive through the pandemic and be there to help drive the recovery. Combined with the COVID Resilience Support Scheme (CRSS), the VAT cut and the rates waiver, the Government is helping to sustain businesses that have been most severely affected by the necessary public health restrictions.

Tourism enterprises including self-catering accommodation enterprises can also benefit from wider horizontal supports such as the new Employment Wage Support Scheme, liquidity and enterprise investment measures and warehousing of tax liabilities.

Fáilte Ireland has created an extensive range of business supports to guide self catering businesses to operate during COVID-19. These have been developed in consultation with industry experts and are available on Fáilte Ireland’s website.

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when financial support will issue to qualifying private coach operators under the coach tour operators continuity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39010/20]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vehicles that have qualified for payment under the coach tour operators continuity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39011/20]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of companies that have qualified for payment under the coach tour operators continuity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39012/20]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 65 to 67, inclusive, together.

The administration of the Coach Tourism Business Continuity Scheme is an operational matter for the Board and management of Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy's questions to them for further information and direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.