Tourism

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 January 1991.

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Photo of Rt Hon David Trimble Rt Hon David Trimble , Upper Bann 12:00, 17 January 1991

I welcome the additional resources for the tourist board. Will the Minister encourage the tourist board unambiguously to promote Northern Ireland and not to shackle itself to the Irish tourist board—Bord Failte—which has declined and obstructed the carrying of Northern Ireland material on its information to such an extent that recently, when the Northern Ireland tourist board tried to place advertisements in Bord Failte material, it cancelled the advertisements, thereby costing the Northern Irish tourist board over £150,000? In the light of that failure to co-operate and that obstructive attitude, will the Minister encourage the Northern Ireland tourist board unambiguously to promote Northern Ireland?