Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The reality is that tourist numbers are down regionally across the country and tourism spend is down in public houses, restaurants and so on due to the lack of rooms, yet some of the hotels do this. It is in Dublin - I will call it out. This could destroy the tourism industry in this country. We have to look seriously at what mechanism we can put in place to stop this happening while supporting the rest of our tourism industry. The reality is that they are being informed by some of the concert providers as to when a concert is coming, and the prices go up a day or two before the concert is announced. I know this for a fact.