Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 December 2022

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

Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Shane CassellsShane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses back to the committee. I will pick up on that point about the breakdown of counties. That is hugely relevant to the discussion. Mr. O'Mara Walsh touched on it, saying Kerry is at 35% and Donegal is at 50%. The witnesses talked about solutions by Government. By March next year, the more than 60,000 people will not be housed in their entirety, so the facility of tourist accommodation beds will still be used. It is relevant to the discussion of the pressure points for the league table of counties in the higher echelon, such as Kerry, and where the response is being directed from a housing perspective. That is important since more people will want to go on their holidays to Kerry than to Cavan.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.