Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government to develop a sustainable tourism policy document and in advance of this an interim action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21806/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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In line with our Programme for Government commitments, the development of a new national tourism policy, with sustainability at its core, will commence later this year when the sector begins to recover from the COVID-19 crisis. This policy will build upon the work undertaken by the Sustainable Tourism Working Group set up under the outgoing policy which has developed Guiding Principles for Sustainable Tourism Development in Ireland. This group will shortly finalise an Interim Action Plan that will outline the steps which can be taken to promote sustainable tourism practices that can be implemented in 2021/22.