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Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Next Wednesday, Aer Lingus pilots will embark on industrial action commencing with an indefinite work to rule. The announcement represents a deepening of the pilots' pay dispute with the company and this dispute did not come out of the blue. The frustration of pilots has been building for a long time as Aer Lingus failed to deliver improvements in pay and conditions in line with colleagues...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. She is right. We are not the only ones who are discussing this matter. There are people the length and breadth of the country around their kitchen tables, as well as businesses and people abroad who are looking to come home over the summer, who are extremely concerned and worried about the potential strikes. Families have saved all year round for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister. I agree with her that this is a source of huge anxiety for many people who have looked forward to their summer holiday and have scrimped and saved for family holidays, holidays with friends, weddings or other family occasions abroad and, as she said, people who are planning to come home. I am also conscious of our hospitality industry, in particular, which has endured...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I welcome to the Visitors Gallery the retired gardaí from Clonmel who are visiting Leinster House today. They are very welcome. I call the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, to reply to the debate, after which there will be a response from the Rural Independent Group. As we are up against the clock, I ask speakers to be economical with their time.

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I welcome the opportunity to respond to some of the issues raised in the debate on the motion put forward by the Rural Independent Group. Deputies expressed the view that the 9% VAT rate should be brought back and made permanent for the tourism and hospitality sector. The Deputies proposing the motion also asked that VAT rates be varied across the country such that areas outside Dublin...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I thank colleagues for their contributions. Ar céad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas leis an iar-Seanadóir Brian Ó Domhnaill agus Triona O'Flynn in our office for putting together this motion. Tourism is a vibrant, dynamic sector that plays a vital role in Ireland's economy, as has been stated. It is the lifeblood of rural communities, providing employment and economic...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Before I was elected as a Deputy I worked as a management consultant. I worked with about 2,000 small businesses either training them or consulting them on how to operate their businesses. I also worked as a sole trader so I know what it is like to be self-employed. At the heart of being self-employed is actually the fact that one is living hand to mouth. The contracts that a person wins...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: I welcome the motion by the Rural Independents because it seeks to address in a practical way some of the challenges faced by tourism and hospitality businesses across the country. I especially welcome the key proposal on reducing VAT rates for the sector to 9%. This is an immediate and practical step that can be taken that would lead to an immediate impact on the viability of so many...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Deputies Canney and Tóibín of the Regional Group are sharing time.

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important subject for many people right across the country, including in my constituency of Galway East. We have many self-employed people who are the backbone of our economy. The problem is that people who are self-employed, who might have one, two or three people working for them in construction, hospitality or in whatever sector, and who are...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The Social Democrats recognise that some indigenous businesses are struggling and we support a targeted approach for providing support to them. In addition to the hospitality sector, some smaller retail outlets are under pressure. We are losing vibrancy in our cities, towns and villages, seeing buildings becoming redundant and that leads to dereliction. In turn, that puts other businesses...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion on the hospitality and tourism sector. We are all aware of the employment contribution this sector generates and its importance to our wider economy and to many local areas. In Dún Laoghaire, we have many small businesses such as coffee shops, restaurants, independent food retail outlets and so on, many of which...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: In the last while, we have engaged on solving the huge issue with public liability insurance that has impacted on hospitality and, in particular, tourism and what we would call adventure tourism. It goes without saying that issue is impacting the cost of business. I agree with what my colleagues have said. We need a review of the VAT rate to assess the implications for our entire...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased to speak on the motion and we will not oppose it. Any day we debate a sincerely tabled motion in this Chamber to protect and support enterprise is a good one. I recall only too well debates on jobs and business in this Chamber, which were held in very different circumstances when I first entered this House 13 years ago. The fiscal crash meant we had an unemployment rate of...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the proposers of the motion for tabling it. The tourism and hospitality sectors are vital industries in many parts of the country where there is little else to employ people or provide them with opportunities. For a long time now, particularly during the Covid pandemic, the sector has faced a huge difficulty in trying to survive. Many of its members were very grateful for the...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: There have been very serious challenges to the tourism industry in recent years, in particular during Covid-19 and with the use of tourist accommodation to house asylum seekers. Businesses are grappling with the cost of doing business, energy prices, food prices and the cost of rent. It is a very difficult time for many. While I take the point made in the motion that our VAT rate may be...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Nuair atáimid ag caint ar chúrsaí turasóireachta, ar ndóigh caithfimid caint ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta freisin. I mí Iúil, téann thart ar 3,000 turasóir in aghaidh an lae chuig Inis Oírr mar is breá leo é. Tuigim é sin. Is breá liomsa Inis Oírr chomh maith. Ach caithfimid breathnú ar an...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: The challenges that continue to be faced by many small- and medium-sized businesses are considerable. Locally, in my part of Tipperary, we have seen a number of closures in the area of hospitality. Tipperary town has seen more than its fair share of closures and there are also instances in other parts of the county. Every loss has its impact on the locality and other businesses operating...