Mary Coughlan
Ceist:307 Miss Coughlan asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the funding, if any, that is available for hostel accommodation under the tourism measures. [5003/98]
Vol. 487 No. 6
307 Miss Coughlan asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the funding, if any, that is available for hostel accommodation under the tourism measures. [5003/98]
It has been policy for some time not to provide support for tourist accommodation projects on the basis of the proven ability of the commercial accommodation sector to respond, without grant assistance, to growth in visitor numbers.
This approach was incorporated into the Operational Programme for Tourism 1989-1993, agreed with the European Commission and, by and large, carried forward into the current operational programme. The current programme did make an exception in the case of a number of specific market segments by providing for limited grant aid for certain specialist accommodation where the quality of existing accommodation was recognised to be deficient.