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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: What happens after someone is informed he or she has already played five games? Is that person blocked?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Can people raise their limits?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I know there are-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Could we get the detail of those measures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Is that categorical?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Food Promotion (13 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: 285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update with regards to activity regarding the Fáilte Ireland Food and Drink Strategy 2018-2023; and if there will be a new strategy developed for the period 2024-2029. [61973/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (13 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have legal authority to raise rents specifically for the intention of ringfencing the rent increase to fund local property tax. [61975/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I raise the lack of dental care for medical card patients. I have raised this matter so often with this Government that it is deeply frustrating for me. I can only imagine how bad it is for patients affected. For almost two years now, patients with medical cards cannot access dental care. This includes patients who are seriously ill with diabetes and even with cancer. To give an...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: The scheme is not fit for purpose and I have already told the Minister that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I previously raised the issue of the exorbitant prices that a substantial number of hotels were charging, predominantly in cities. Fáilte Ireland recently indicated it would write to businesses in the sector this week. As a representative body, what has the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation done about it? Given the risk of reputational damage as a confederation, I am sure it would...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I apologise but time is of the essence. Is that bulletin sent out quarterly?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Did the confederation at any stage think the situation was serious enough that it would write to individual businesses?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I thank Ms Campbell. I return to the issue of price gouging when the occupancy exceeds 90%, whether that is at weekends during the summer or when there is a large event or concert. Someone said earlier that this happens when hotels are very busy and it involves the last remaining beds. When hotels are very busy, with occupancy at 90%, why would they engage in price gouging in respect of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: No, the issue is particular to Ireland. We have carried out comparisons with other European cities and they are not like for like. As the representative body of the organisation, why does the federation not take to task those hotels that engage in that price gouging when they have 90% occupancy and are very busy? They hold aside a handful of beds, whether that is 10% or 20%, a concert is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: My question related to price gouging on the last number of beds.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: And rightly so.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: That is why I was anxious to know what the federation is doing about it.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: The witnesses gave us a graph indicating that 42% of hotels had seen a reduction in the number of domestic bookings for 2023, while for 29% there had been an increase and for 30% no change. First, the figures add up to 101%; I point that out for our witnesses’ records. The majority, at 59%, are not seeing a reduction. Is there a breakdown of that? Are they hotels near tourist...