Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector

Mr. Tim Fenn:

This is significant. The average size of a hotel in Ireland is approximately 70 bedrooms. As mentioned, the €10,000 limit equates to a hotel or guesthouse with 7.5 bedrooms. It is completely irrelevant to most of our industry. We have asked for that to be lifted. It does not look after the small and medium-sized business sector. It has a limit of 50 employees. It is counterproductive as well because at the end of the day, we are trying to help businesses that have employment or that are labour intensive. We have asked and there has been no response to that either yet.