Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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451. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation that her Department made for outdoor dining in 2022. [29514/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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My Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy development. The implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, as well as other bodies.

The 2021 Fáilte Ireland Outdoor Dining Enhancement Scheme was developed as part of the agency's "Opening the Outdoors" strategic pillar which sought to capitalise our outdoor assets and re-imagine our urban spaces. There are no plans for such a scheme in 2022.