29th August 2025 |
Open Consultations
In accordance with the provisions of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Acts 2015 to 2021, the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment is publishing a draft Tourism Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2025-2030 for a period of statutory public consultation.
Background
Ireland has recently experienced a number of high-profile extreme weather events that have underscored the need for effective climate adaptation measures to build resilience to the impacts of climate change.
This is Ireland’s first Tourism Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan. It aims to identify challenges and opportunities of a changing climate for the tourism sector in order to maintain the attractiveness of Ireland for holidaymakers and continue to support resilient communities via provision of employment and economic opportunities.
Implementation of Ireland’s first Tourism Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan will prioritise reducing the consequences for the sector of the climate related hazards identified by the National Climate Change Risk Assessment. The draft plan for the tourism sector sets out 3 goals for the next 5 years.
Goal 1: Increase the tourism sector’s understanding of the relationship between climatic variables and the tourism sector in Ireland, to improve the ability to address the impacts of climate change on the sector
Goal 2: Build a shared awareness of climate change and its impacts, and necessary steps to develop resilience across the tourism sector in Ireland, particularly amongst tourism-dependent communities
Goal 3: Build resilience to reduce the consequences of the most significant climate risks faced by the tourism sector.
The plan contains a number of actions to achieve the goals which will be overseen by the department or the tourism agencies.
The Sectoral Adaptation Plan’s development is guided by the Government’s National Adaptation Framework, which sets the objective of transitioning to a climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050.
How to get involved
The draft Tourism Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2025-2030 is available below.
Interested parties are invited to make written submissions on the draft plan to TourismPolicy@enterprise.gov.ie or by post to:
Tourism Policy Unit,
Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment,
Government Buildings,
New Road,
Killarney,
Co Kerry,
V93 A49X
The public consultation will run from Friday, 29 August to Wednesday, 17 September 2025.
Submissions or observations received outside of the public consultation period cannot be considered.
Data Protection and Freedom of Information
We are committed to engaging with stakeholders in a clear, open, and transparent manner. Any person or organisation can make a submission in relation to this consultation. All submissions and feedback will be considered by the department.
Please note that it is intended that all submissions received will be made available under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (FOI) and as such may be published on our website.
In responding to this consultation, parties should clearly indicate where their responses contain personal information, commercially sensitive information, or confidential information which they would not wish to be released under FOI or otherwise published.
We would like to draw your attention to the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment’s Data Protection Data Privacy Notice which is available on our website and explains how and when we collect personal data, why we do so and how we treat this information. It also explains your rights in relation to the collection of personal information and how you can exercise those rights.
Topics:
The Business Environment, Tourism