Received 3 February 2021
Decided 10 March 2021
Granted
Request Reference TCAGSM-FOI-2021- 0029
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

All substantive correspondence (emails, research, briefingpapers, memos, speaking notes, etc) sent or received by the Minister for Tourism,Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin on the subject of (a) the financial prospects for the Irish tourism industry for the coming year (b) the impact of financial supports extended to the sector so far during the Covid-19 pandemic and (c) possible future financial supports. The time period in question is December 1, 2020 to February 1,2021. I'm happy to exclude members of the public from my query and restrict it to representative organisations (e.g. Irish Hotels Federation) and individual businesses or tourist sites (e.g. Gleneagle Hotel/Cliffs of Moher).In terms of content, I'm interested in such groups' forecast for the tourist season ahead and their proposals for the financial supports that they will need.