Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 November 2020
235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are financial supports available for business owners that have ceased renting out their self-catering properties due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39407/20]
View answerBudget 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.
