Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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469. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost if the budget for Tourism Ireland regional cooperative access scheme increased by 50%. [30407/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Tourism Ireland promotes regional air and sea access to Ireland in overseas tourism markets through initiatives like the Regional Cooperative Market Access Scheme, which seeks to encourage new access and maximise the potential of existing services to the regions, including with matched funding from airlines, sea carriers, airports, ports and regional tourism stakeholders including Local Authorities.

In each of the last three years, €3 million has been allocated to Tourism Ireland under the Regional Access Scheme and this funding was increased in Budget 2025 by a further €1 million to bring the total fund in 2025 to €4 million.

Should the fund be increased by 50 per cent, the estimated full-year cost would be €6 million.