Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 July 2016
426. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Commission for Aviation Regulation can exercise its authority for the issuing or non-issuing of a travel licence to a tour operator or travel agent and the criteria set down in legislation or guidelines to obtain such a licence. [23244/16]
View answerSection 6 of the Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982, as amended by section 28 of the Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995, sets out the general criteria for the granting of a tour operator or travel agent licence. Those general criteria relate to the financial, business and organisational resources of an applicant for such a licence, as well as the fitness of that person to carry on business as a tour operator or travel agent.
The Commission for Aviation Regulation was established under the Aviation Regulation Act 2001 to regulate certain aspects of the aviation and travel trade sectors in Ireland, and its functions include the licensing of tour operators and travel agents in accordance with the 1982 Act as amended.
Guidelines for obtaining a tour operator or travel agent licence are available from the Commission for Aviation Regulation and I have referred the Deputy's question to the Commission for direct reply in that regard.
