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The Travellers' Protection Fund is used to make good losses or liabilities sustained by eligible customers of licensed tour operators or travel agents to the extent that the bonds are inadequate to meet such losses or liabilities. 

In 2017, the IAA (formerly the Commision for Aviation Regulation) initiated work to review both the bonding arrangements currently in place and the operation of the Travellers’ Protection Fund to ensure they continue to efficiently meet the objectives of the scheme and provide the travelling public with an appropriate level of protection.

In January 2018, we published a report on travel trade consumer protection measures and concluded that, at that stage, the scheme is no longer effective. This represented Stage 1 of our work in this area. 

In Stage 2 we considered how to address the fact that the existing scheme is no longer effective and what changes could be made to the scheme to make it effective. This work was paused until Directive (EU) 2015/2302 on package travel and linked travel arrangements (the “Directive”) was transposed into Irish law. This happened in March 2019. Following this, we completed Stage 2 and issued an advice paper to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in December 2019. Work is ongoing and this website will be updated.

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Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2023 12/07/2024
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Ráitis Airgeadais an Chiste Cosanta Taistealaithe agus an Bhanna Gníomhairí Taistil agus Tionscnóirí Turas - 31.12.23 12/07/2024
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Travellers' Protection Fund and Bond Accounts for year ended 31 December 2022 31/12/2022
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Travellers' Protection Fund and Bond Accounts for year ended 31 December 2021 31/12/2021
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Travellers' Protection Fund and Bond Accounts for year ended 31 December 2020 31/12/2020
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1973 KB Download
Travellers' Protection Fund and Bond Accounts for year ended 31 December 2019 31/12/2019
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Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2018 31/12/2018
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Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2017 31/12/2017
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Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2016 31/12/2016
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662 KB Download
Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2015 31/12/2015
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Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2014 31/12/2014
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242 KB Download
Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2013 31/12/2013
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442 KB Download
Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2012 31/12/2012
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2119 KB Download
Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2011 31/12/2011
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Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2010 31/12/2010
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1286 KB Download
Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2009 31/12/2009
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Travellers' protection fund and bond accounts for year ended 31 December 2008 31/12/2008
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Travellers' Protection Fund and Bond Accounts for year ended 31 December 2007 31/12/2007
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