Question NW4513 to the Minister of Tourism
19 December 2022 - NW4513
Winkler, Ms HS to ask the Minister of Tourism
What (a) number of persons have applied for funds from the (i) Green Incentive Fund applicants in the past two quarters and (ii) the specified applicants were successful, (b) amount did each successful applicant receive and (c) was the purpose for which the amount was received by each such applicant?
Reply:
(a) (i) No persons have applied for financial support under the Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP) during Quarter One (Q1) and Quarter Two (Q2) of the 2022/2023 Financial Year as there were no GTIP application windows open during this period.
Applications for the GTIP are managed through defined application windows, during which a call for applications are published to encourage prospective applicants to submit applications for support in line with the programme guidelines.
During Q1 and Q2 of the 2022/2023 Financial Year, the GTIP team was busy processing pipeline applications including the 179 applications received during the previous application window that was open from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. The next application window opened on 10 October 2022 and will close on 31 January 2023, after which the number of applications received can be reported on.
a) (ii) Not applicable
(b) &(c) Not applicable