A new €55m fund to assist tourism businesses that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic is to be launched later today.
The Tourism Business Continuity Scheme announced by Minister Catherine Martin in last October's Budget and administered by Fáilte Ireland will see firms receive grants of up to €200,000.
It will provide support to providers of tourism services who have been unable to qualify for assistance under the Government's Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) or earlier grant schemes.
Many such fell outside the technical scope of the CRSS despite being closed due to Government imposed Covid-19 restrictions or seeing their takings slashed, leading to claims that they had been forgotten.