Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. The issue here is that in many cases these are just one-year contracts. Some people have spent more than €30,000 for a pitch in a mobile home site and suddenly find themselves, in some examples I have seen, in one-year contracts. The system is broken.

The Minister of State asked how many people responded to my survey. It was just over 200 people. I have also reached out to the CCPC and it is aware of the issue because, as the Minister of State mentioned, many people have contacted it this year. The system itself needs to be looked at by the Department.

I ask the Minister to go back to Cabinet and suggest that a public consultation from the State is launched so that we are not just going on my survey. An official public consultation on the part of the Government could explore the need for legislation and further regulation.