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2025-09-02
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: increase in tourism agency budgets to enable Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland to deliver international marketing, business supports. Second, targeted support to address the shortage of tourism accommodation stock in the regions, which continues to constrain growth and dispersal. Remove Dublin Airport CAP
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | budget submission for Budget 2026 |
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: awareness of our importance in the sector we deliver inbound tourists. ITOA Members Deliver Export Earnings for the Irish Economy. Which equates to 10.5% of the tourism receipts
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Requested new minister for Tourism to meet with us to understand our sector awaiting reply |
2024-08-26
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: That the Submission Asks are considered and implemented as part of Budget 2025
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Budget 2025 Submission - To ask the Government to consider policy to support the ongoing recovery of Irish Tourism in 2024 including the continued funding support at 2023 levels to Tourism Ireland for international marketing and Failte Ireland to continue to deliver training and education |
| — | sustianability training and funding for businessess to meet Government Climate Change policy; to develop a robust plan to lessen the dependancy on tourism accommodation for refugee and asylum seekers and |
2023-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: That the Submission Asks are considered and implemented as part of Budget 2024
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Budget 2024 Submission - To ask the Government to consider policy to support the ongoing recovery of Irish Tourism in 2024 including the continued funding support at 2023 levels to Tourism Ireland for international marketing and Failte Ireland to continue to deliver training and education |
| — | sustianability training and funding for businessess to meet Government Climate Change policy; to develop a robust plan to lessen the dependancy on tourism accommodation for refugee and asylum seekers and |
2023-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Leo Varadkar (Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: We wished to draw attention to the impact that the introduction of the UK Governments ETA requirement for overseas visitors will have on cross boarder tourism trade and to seek the support of the relevant Government Ministers to highlight this with UK counterparts. Tourism is one of the 6 areas of cooperation established as part of the good Friday agreement which has been transformative for international tourism to Ireland since Tourism Ireland was established as an all island body in 2020.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Impact on Tourism - Introduction of UK ETA - Borders and Nationalities Bill |
2022-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Leo Varadkar (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To enable the recovery of tourism businesses until 2019 levels are back
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Budget 2023 Submission - To ask the Government to consider policy to support the recovery of Irish Tourism in 2023 which inculdes the continued level of funding support at 2022 levels to Tourism Ireland for international tourism marketing and Failte Ireland to continue to support the wider industry with staff training and education |
| — | sustianability training and funding for businessess to meet Government Climate Change policy. To retain competitiveness by by holding the current rate of 9% VAT . |
2022-04-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Leo Varadkar (An Tánaiste), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To appraise the Minister of the impact that COVID restrictions has had on all businesses in inbound tourism over the last 2 years irrespective of restricted trading hours and that many businesses were completed closed for far longer during COVID vs. those in sectors that had restricted trading but were at least in a position to trade
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Extending of EWSS for Inbound Tourism Businesses to the same extention provided to the hospitality sector due to public health restricted opening time to May 31 |
2022-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: To make Oireachtas Members aware of the devastating impact of COVID on ITOA members businesses and international inbound tourism and if the measures outlined in our pre-budget submission are provided in Budget 2022; demonstrating the return of investment possible in 2022 being the recovery year
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email incorporating ITOA pre-Budget Submission post-card outlining the key measures that ITOA and its members wished the Government to Consider to support its members survival given the existential impact of COVID on inbound tourism |
2022-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Intent: to support the survival of the inbound tourism sector given the impact of COVID 19 on inbound tourism to ensure that ITOA members businesses can start recovery in 2022
Methods: Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting regarding Budgetary measures 2022 to support the ITOA members and tourism |
| — | focused on measures to supports its members survival after 2 years of practically no inbound tourism with asks being Grant-Aid Support for Inbound Operators due to loss of business in 2021 due to COVID travel restrictions |
| — | retention of 9% VAT rate beyond 2022 and increased international tourism marketing fund |
2022-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: to support the survival of the inbound tourism sector given the impact of COVID 19 on inbound tourism
Methods: Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting regarding Budgetary measures 2022 to support the tourism sector given the impact of COVID-19. Specifically ITOA focused on measures to supports its members survival after 2 years of practically no inbound tourism with asks being Grant-Aid Support for Inbound Operators due to loss of business in 2021 due to COVID travel restrictions |
| — | retention of 9% VAT rate beyond 2022 and increased international tourism marketing fund |