Tourist Accommodation
Fáilte Ireland is the body responsible for ensuring that accommodation standards meet visitor needs. It carries out this function under the National Tourist Development Authority Act (2003) by setting the requirements for the various categories of accommodation and through processes for the regular monitoring of the standards in hotels and all other forms of approved accommodation. It is also responsible for the appeals mechanism used for cancellations and the refusal of applications for initial registration.
The quality & standards responsibilities of Fáilte Ireland cover accommodation legislation, monitoring of product quality and customer relations and in particular the management of appointed sub-contractors for the inspection, registration and approval of various accommodation categories. Fáilte Ireland has sub-contracted its accommodation registration assessment and classification functions covering hotels, guesthouses and other categories of registered accommodation to Tourism Standards Assessments Ltd. Fáilte Ireland has also appointed Tourism Accommodation Approvals Ltd (TAA) for the purpose of applying Fáilte Ireland standards in the approval of bed & breakfast and certain other accommodations. Please find link to Fáilte Ireland website below.
If you are looking to provide tourist accommodation services in Ireland, you may obtain further information from the Failte Ireland website in the link below.
Other procedures a provider of tourist accommodation 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.
Health & Safety guide for catering and hospitality
Please find contact details for Failte Ireland in the link below.
