Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 October 2020
123. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the specific support she plans to put in place to help operators of an event (details supplied) whose business has crashed due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27825/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe operators to which the Deputy refers provide an important service to the tourism industry and are ambassadors in promoting Ireland as a golfing destination. Tourism enterprises benefit from wider horizontal supports such as the new Employment Wage Support Scheme, liquidity and enterprise investment measures, warehousing of tax liabilities and the extension for a further three months of the waiver of commercial rates. The July Stimulus Package also introduced significant measures to help support Irish tourism businesses to recover following the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.
The Tourism Recovery Taskforce appointed in May has just submitted its report to me. It is making a number of recommendations to help the sector to survive the crisis and eventually recover. Along with my colleagues in Government, I will consider its recommendations as we prepare for the Budget and the subsequent National Economic Plan.
