Caravan and Camping Parks
It is a requirement under the Tourist Traffic Acts 1939-2003 that all Caravan and Camping parks must be registered with Fáilte Ireland and comply with a set of criteria for the classification concerned. This system requires all Caravan and Camping parks to meet a minimum set of requirements in order to be approved and registered with Fáilte Ireland. Please find link below to Fáilte Ireland’s website.
If you are a service provider looking to provide caravan and camping park services in Ireland, you may obtain further information from the Failte Ireland website in the link below.
Quality Standards for Caravan and Camping Sites
Fáilte Ireland has sub-contracted its accommodation registration assessment and classification functions covering hotels, guesthouses and other categories of registered accommodation to Tourist Accommodation Management Services Ltd (TAMS). Please find link below giving relevant contact details.
Other procedures a provider of caravan and camping park services may have to comply with in order to exercise the service activities in Ireland include: planning legislation, food, health & safety regulations, firesafety and local building regulations. The relevant competent authorities dealing with those areas are : the Department of the Environment and the Department of Health and the Health Services Executive.
Please find relevant links below on the relevant competent authorities websites dealing with the areas above.

