Seanad debates
Thursday, 5 December 2002
National Tourism Development Authority Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages.
Feargal Quinn (Independent)
I understand what the Minister has said, but I am not happy with it. I am not talking about grading and I do not suggest that changes be made to the grading process. If I went to the tourism authority with the stamp of approval of the state in Spain or France, I would assume that the guesthouses mentioned on the official list of accommodation had been passed by the authority and had been registered in one form or another. I would be unhappy to learn that my accommodation, which I had found through an authority with the seal of approval of the State, had not been registered as the authority was unhappy with its standard. I am not talking about grading, but about registration. If the guesthouse had been made known to me by an authority of the State, I would have assumed that it would have been registered. I am unhappy with this section of the Bill because I hoped that the Minister would have found a better solution.
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