Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Brian Barrett:
The situation outlined affects costs in the hospitality sector. I mean it keeps the price of hotel rooms higher than normal for this time of year because of the significant demand for accommodation that would not normally exist. By contrast, the situation supplies a portion of the labour force to the sector. There are challenges and I shall outline one major challenge. Some of the properties that we would have used for our cold weather response during the winter are now being to provide accommodation to Ukrainians. As a result we have had to find alternative accommodation for our cold winter response. There are challenges due to the demand for properties in the city and that situation is compounded by a student accommodation issue.
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