Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would appreciate that. As Chairman of the committee, I will circulate the information to members. I know most of them were not aware of what I was focusing on last week. We are not talking about small numbers. In the case of one hotel, we are talking about up to 80 people. I visited this hotel and I am deeply concerned. Senator Conway said that matters are improving but I do not see it when we are moving to this methodology to address the issue. People are seeing business opportunities here and the motivation is questionable. The suitability factor is questionable.

Hotels may offer a bed for the night that is comfortable but the location might be wholly inappropriate and unsuitable because it is remote or because in tandem with that, there is no public transport, it is isolated and there are no outlets or opportunities to develop oneself and follow up on natural exercise and pastimes, etc. I am deeply concerned about it. In replying to us, will the Minister of State incorporate the expected or mean timeframe for the utilisation of these facilities and identify their location? He spoke earlier about inviting communities to come forward through elected representatives or on their own initiative but, in these instances, there is no community consultation whatsoever so there is no community involvement and no invitation to extend the hand of welcome and friendship, which is important. Nothing will be more likely to secure the wrong reaction than ignoring a community. It is guaranteed to elicit a negative reaction whereas properly moulded consultation that lays out exactly what is proposed and seeks community involvement will deliver a much better response. Does the Minister of State wish to add anything?