asked the Minister for Communications if he will give details of all the travel agencies that have collapsed in the past 12 months; the liabilities attached to these collapses; if he will say if they were all bonded; and if all customers affected by the collapses were indemnified.
Written Answers. - Travel Company Failures.
20.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement. I propose with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle to circulate it in the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
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Travel Company |
Licences Held |
Estimated Liability on Statutory Funds (Note 1) |
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Southside Travel Ltd., |
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50 Main Street, |
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Bray, County Wicklow. |
Travel Agent's Licence |
£75,900.00 |
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Viva Travel Ltd., |
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46 Lower Baggot Street, |
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Dublin 2. |
Travel Agent's Licence |
£27,300.00 |
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Aer Fair International, |
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(Travel Tours and Air Services) Ltd., |
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Sandyford Industrial Est., |
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Dublin 18. |
Travel Agent's Licence |
£7,000.00 |
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Airtours Ltd., |
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Aston Place, |
Travel Agent's Licence & |
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Dublin 2. |
Tour Operator's Licence |
£62,000.00 |
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Western Isles Travel Ltd., |
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22 Wellington Quay, |
Travel Agent's Licence & |
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Dublin 2. |
Tour Operator's Licence |
£8,600.00 |
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Heritage Tours Ltd., |
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4 Main Street, Finglas, |
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Dublin 11. |
Travel Agent's Licence |
£12,900.00 |
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Hickson Travel Ltd., |
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Irish Life Mall, |
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Talbot Street, |
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Dublin 1. |
Travel Agent's Licence |
£5,500.00 |
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Hickson Holidays Ltd., |
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Irish Life Mall, |
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Talbot Street, |
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Dublin 1. |
Tour Operator's Licence |
£170,000.00 |
Notes: 1. This represents the estimated total cost of admissible claims under the Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act, 1982, and related Regulations. Any customer of the above travel companies holding an overseas travel contract was covered against loss or liability in the circumstances set out in sections 13 (4) and 18 (1) of the 1982 Act.
2. The grant of a licence under the Act is conditional, inter alia, on the prior provision of a bond.