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    Renewals

    You will receive notification when it's time to renew your quality assurance.

    If you don't renew you will lose your quality-approved status and be removed from Discover Ireland listings.

    Get Quality Assured

    Quality assurance aims to provide consumers with easily identifiable symbols and standards of service that they can trust. Working with you, our job is to ensure that those standards meet consumer expectations, help your marketing efforts, and support your product development.

    Find out what's involved and how to make quality assurance work for your business.

    Statutory National Quality Assurance Framework

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    It is mandatory for the following accommodation businesses to achieve minimum quality standards in order to comply with Irish law:

    Statutory Quality Assurance Sectors

    • Hotels

    • Hostels

    • Guest houses

    • Caravan and campsites

    • Holiday camps

    • Self catering accommodation (group properties in excess of 7 units on one site)










    Find out how quality approval boosts visibility in the marketplace and benefits your business.

    Non Statutory National Quality Assurance Framework

    Golfer's feet on green with putter and golf ball with QA markWe invite the following businesses to participate in national quality assurance on a voluntary basis:

    Non Statutory Quality Assurance Sectors

    • Irish Home B&Bs

    • Pubs

    • Equestrian centres

    • Historic houses

    • Golf

    • Coach tourism

    • Spa and wellness

     

    • Self catering (individual properties, less than 7 units on one site)











    Sign up to capitalise on our nationally recognised quality assurance and improve your business.


    Tourist Traffic Act 1939 - 2003 [pdf, 1MB]

    Under Irish law, our role in quality assurance means that Fáilte Ireland has certain responsibilities in relation to the registration and grading of Irish tourist accommodation.

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    If you have a speciality, why not showcase it with our support?

    Categorisation is a voluntary scheme with criteria based on providing facilities and services to accommodate consumers’ needs. The schemes are designed to recognise and highlight the special efforts made by operators catering for specialist markets.

    Voluntary categorisation schemes are currently available to approved operators in the following sectors:

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