Tourism Development Fund (TDF): Grant: £200,000 from Economic Development

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A decision made 22 September 2011 regarding:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2011- 0151
Decision Summary Title :	Approval of funds to Tourism Development Fund	Date of Decision Summary:		19th September 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Assistant Director, Performance and Operations	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	oral	Person Giving Oral Report:		Chief Executive Officer
Written Report Title:	n/a	Date of Written Report:		n/a
Written Report Author:	n/a	Written Report : Public or Exempt?		n/a
Subject: The transfer of funds to the Tourism Development Fund (TDF).
Decision(s): The Minister approved the grant of £200,000 from the Economic Development Department’s revenue budget to the TDF.
Reason(s) for Decision: The TDF has provided a valuable source of funding for tourism related infrastructure projects as well as supporting additional tourism marketing and promotional activity. These additional funds will allow the TDF Panel to undertake a further round of grant allocations with immediate effect.
Resource Implications: £200,000 from EDD Policy and Regulation budget. The slippage is due to delays in Intellectual Property legislation and recruitment of a Digital Economy and Media Strategy manager. There are no staff or manpower implications for the States.
Action required: The Assistant Director, Performance and Operations will take the action necessary to transfer the funds to the TDF.
Signature: Senator AJH Maclean			Position: Economic Development Minister
Date Signed:			Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):