Ms Denyse Campbell:

In the past week I spoke to two hoteliers, both in the south of Ireland, about energy. One hotelier's energy bill was €14,000 in March and it was €42,000 in April.

Another hotelier in Killarney told me the energy bill was €5,300 in March and in April it was €11,000. Exactly the same number of units were used in both months. There was no spike in usage month-on-month. There is much concern about the spiralling costs that our members are taking on. That is in addition to food and beverage inputs, which are increasing all the time. There is also a shortage of supply with some goods as well. The price of bed linen, for example, is an issue and some companies are charging hotels fuel surcharges in addition to increasing their costs. Hotels are dealing with spiralling costs, which is a major concern.