The committee launch discussion paper to support businesses
The Fianna Fáil Aviation, Tourism and Hospitality Steering Committee has launched a discussion paper today which looks at how to support businesses to survive during this pandemic and place them on the best possible footing to recover post-COVID-19.
Acknowledging the substantial supports in place for businesses currently, the committee believes that these sectors have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19, and that the delivery of ongoing and targeted supports for cash flow, finance, and sustainability for their reopening and beyond is a priority action.
Launching the paper, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Tourism and Aviation Deputy Cathal Crowe commented:
“The pandemic presents an opportunity to reimagine how we can support business and community.
Across all sectors, the aim of the group and indeed of Fianna Fáil in government must be to support business to survive during this pandemic and place them on the best possible footing to recover post-COVID-19.
Within the paper, both immediate and medium-to-long term plans have been identified as a useful framework to look at rebuilding as we move out of the crisis phase, reflecting the changing needs of the sectors as they recover.”
The paper outlines that the guiding principle underpinning the discussion around supports must be the reality that the sectors involved here will likely be the last to see a full recovery from this pandemic, with full flights, large events and weddings unlikely to return until at least early 2022.
Deputy Crowe concluded:
“There will not be a quick fix or return to normality on these sectors and we must therefore plan in this context.
Lean trading months are the reality, as even as the economy and society reopen, it will not reopen to full capacity for them.”
