Irish Hotels Federation

Mass communications

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (11-20)
Letters seeking a retention of the 9% tourism VAT rate as a vital measure for the long-term, sustainable recovery of Irish tourism.
Email (100+)
Emails seeking a retention of the 9% tourism VAT rate as a vital measure for the long-term, sustainable recovery of Irish tourism.
Social Media (31-50)
Targeted social media activity on twitter highlighting measures and supports required to assist tourism businesses including retention of 9% VAT rate
Meeting (2-5)
Meetings highlighting measures and economic supports required to support the recovery and seeking a retention of the 9% tourism VAT rate
Email (2-5)
Email seeking alleviating measures to address anomalous VAT issues relating to capital investment in properties subsequently used as temporary dwelling accommodation for emergency residential purposes
Email (2-5)
Email seeking amendments to the TBESS scheme to include LPG in the qualifying criteria, increase the reference period to 12 months before the commencement of aggression against Ukraine by Russia, and adjust the €30,000 overall monthly cap to assist hotel groups.
Virtual Meeting (6-10)
Highlighting the measures and economic supports required to support the recovery including retention of 9% tourism VAT
Virtual Meeting (1)
Targeted funding for a national hotel retrofitting scheme to reduce carbon footprint throughout the sector in line with the Government’s climate action goals
Letter (1)
Seeking a continuation of Immigrant Investor Programme funding of the Irish Diaspora Loan Fund (IDLP) and to maintain the current interest rates charged by IDLF

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.