Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when Fáilte Ireland will announce its plan to disburse the funding of €50 million made available by her Department to aid inter alia activity tourism and other tourism businesses that were not eligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3577/21]

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. A key measure in Budget 2021 was the provision of an additional €55m in Business Continuity funding to support strategic tourism businesses. This funding will be administered by Fáilte Ireland who are considering all sectors within tourism and are particularly mindful of those that have not been able to avail of other Government supports, such as the COVID Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS). I am informed by Fáilte Ireland that they expect to be in a position to announce details of the scheme in February.