Tourism and Brexit
Senator Burke asked for a debate with the Minister on tourism preparations for Brexit, including concerns about sterling, ports and airports.
I ask the Leader to allow for a debate in the near future on tourism. It is important to have the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, here to discuss provision in the coming months in the event that there is a hard Brexit or in the light of whatever happens in the UK. There are many issues, ranging from sterling to ports and airports that will have a bearing on this country in the area of tourism. We should debate the issue with the Minister in the House. Tourism is important to the economy; it is one of the greatest contributors to it. Tourism bodies are anxious about what might happen. There could well be delays at ports and there are question marks over flights in and out of the UK, one of our largest tourism markets. I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister to come to the House at an early stage.