Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector

Mr. Tim Fenn:

First, there are approximately 48,000 people in our industry who are seasonal employees. They are the people who are being left behind on this. As mentioned earlier, we have hotels that are next door to other hotels that have access to the TWSS. They are competing with hotels that do not have access to the TWSS for seasonal employees. We are saying it would be quite easy to use historical Revenue records to identify those who should be included on the TWSS.

We do not have a figure that identifies exactly how many seasonal properties are affected by that. The level of employment is the key figure for us. While some businesses are open, they are still seasonal properties and they may simply be ticking over for a period of months. Some are open only for July, August and September.

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