ITOA - Inbound Tourism Operators Association Ireland

Lobbying Organisation ITOA - Inbound Tourism Operators Association Ireland

Date published 22 Sep, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Tourism

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details Met with minister Peter burke of DETE, upon completion of an independent report around the accommodation capacity issue pertaining to tourism

Intended results to present our report to the minister that outlines market failure in terms of accommodation growth in the regions and the need for government financial intervention to support tourism growth in the regions as the national tourism policy we also made a direct budget submission regarding budget 2027 to DETE Department of finance - we missed the submission via email

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Alva Pearson Downey ITOA & Eoghan o'Mara \Walsh of ITIC

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (2-5)

we met the minister face to face along with his Special Advisors and other department officials

Email (2-5)

the email was in respect to above where we emailed our budget 2027 asks

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.

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Simon Harris Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Finance)