Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 March 2023

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

Challenges Facing Providers of Tourist Accommodation in Ireland: Discussion

Mr. Paul Kelly:

As part of the registration process, accommodation providers are required to submit a scale of charges. This scale of charges effectively sets that can be charged for certain room types. Accommodation providers are required to display those on their premises in a prominent location. That is part of the annual registration process, and we have 100% compliance with submission of those scale of charges. We conduct spot checks to make sure people are remaining within that. In reality, businesses only have an obligation to send their scale to us, but what they set it at is up to them. That is a commercial decision.