Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion

Mr. Paul Kelly:

I will address the second point first and come back to the car rental issue. As I said in my opening statement, we have no role in commercial decisions around pricing. Hotels and accommodation registered with us must submit a scale of charges as part of the register. What they put on that scale of charges is completely up to them. Hotels and other accommodation providers put up a very broad range of scale of charges so it does not limit their commercial decision-making down the tracks. We have found the scale of charges submitted to be so broad that even when there are concerts and other events on, we have checked to see if hotels stay within that scale of charges and they have done so. The scale of charges must be prominently displayed. They are no longer required on the back of every bedroom door like they used to be but they are now generally displayed at the reception.

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