PEARSE Doherty has called on caravan park owners not to seek payment of feels with affected customers.
The Donegal Sinn Féin TD has called on owners who have closed their parks in line with current government restrictions to engage fairly with customers who have caravans on-site and not to seek payment of fees for the period in which the park is closed and inaccessible to caravan owners.
Speaking today, Deputy Doherty said: “I have been made aware that a number of Donegal caravan owners have been sent legal letters by some caravan park owners seeking payment for site fees for the period in which the caravan park was closed.
“Where customers have been rightfully locked out of the park during this public health emergency, they shouldn’t be charged for services they cannot avail of.”
“There is absolutely no doubt about it that caravan park owners and those businesses in the tourism sector in the county need a seriously ambitious stimulus package and proper grant and other financial supports to help sustain them through this crisis. I, and my colleagues in Sinn Féin, will continue fighting for this.”
“In the meantime, what I am asking for is that those park owners who have been sending legal letters to desist from doing so during the period in which the chains to the park are locked.”
“There will come a time again when parks will be opened and people can visit and stay at their caravan, but until then many caravan owners are struggling too and threatening demands for payments of site fees is not helpful at this time.”
“We need to work through this together and I’m asking caravan park owners to engage with customers in a fair manner so that relationships can continue on a friendly and cooperative basis into the future.”
