TDs attend Fáilte Ireland’s Oireachtas Information clinic
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Paul Kelly, CEO, Fáilte Ireland and Peter Burke, TD, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. Picture by Shane O'Neill Coalesce.Image 2 of 3
Paddy Mathews, Fáilte Ireland, Sorcha Clarke, TD, and Fiona Dunne, Fáilte Ireland, attending Fáilte Ireland’s Oireachtas Information Clinic for TDs and senators to hear first-hand about the work Fáilte Ireland teams are doing on the ground in Longford Westmeath to drive sustainable tourism, grow visitor numbers, increase tourism revenue and to support jobs across the constituency and region. Picture by Shane O'Neill Coalesce.Image 3 of 3
Paddy Mathews and Fiona Dunne, Fáilte Ireland, with Michael Carrigy, TD, Senator Paraic Brady and Paul Keeley, Fáilte Ireland.TDs for Longford/Westmeath Sorca Clarke, Peter Burke and Michael Carrigy all attended Fáilte Ireland’s Oireachtas Information Clinic for TDs and Senators.
The TDs were provided with county-specific details on Fáilte Ireland’s destination development work, digitisation, investment programmes, business and skills supports, festival funding and promoting tourism as a career.
Their information centred around what Fáilte Ireland teams are doing to drive Longford/Westmeath’s sustainable tourism, while growing visitor numbers, supporting jobs across the region and increasing tourism revenue.
Fáilte Ireland works in partnership with the government, state agencies, local authorities, and representative groups to help create destination development plans.
Speaking on this, Fáilte Ireland said: “Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth in the economic, social, cultural and environmental contribution of tourism to Ireland. “Tourism is of critical importance to the national economy and to regional development and employment. Pre-coronavirus, the sector generated revenue of €7.5 7.5billion annually and supported 260,000 jobs nationwide. while contributing €1.7 1.7billion to the Exchequer.”