Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am in agreement with the Deputy on the potential reputational damage to an industry which is of great importance to Ireland from an employment and economic point of view. That is why I have asked Fáilte Ireland to initiate this research. I will see what recommendations might arise from that.

We are definitely seeing price spiking in certain locations and these seem to occur, as the Deputy said, when concerts or major sporting events are scheduled, and he named one such even. As I said, this is not affecting the entire sector, or every hotel in the country. It seems to be specific locations at specific times but I want the hard data and to see what the recommendations from Fáilte Ireland are.

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