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Budget 2022

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 February 2022

Thursday, 3 February 2022

Questions (244)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

244. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount provided to Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in Budget 2022; and if she has received requests from either organisation for supplementary funding for 2022. [5687/22]

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In Budget 2022, I secured a record level of funding for tourism of €288.5m overall – an increase of €67.6m over the 2021 allocation. This funding will support measures to help address short-term survival-related concerns and also to enable recovery across the industry as we reopen to international tourism and begin to transition to a more sustainable future.

Details of the annual funding allocation provided by my Department to Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland is available in the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV) published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is available on that Department's website. The subheads of relevance to Fáilte Ireland are A3, A6 and A5 (shared with Tourism Ireland) and the subheads of relevance to Tourism Ireland are A4 and A5 (shared with Fáilte Ireland). Funding for the tourism agencies is the subject of the annual estimates discussion with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. I have received no request from either organisation for supplementary funding for 2022 since the publication of the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV) on 15th December 2021, and I am continuing to engage closely with the wider tourism and hospitality sector, in close consultation with Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland.

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