Call for compensation fund for people who followed Govt advice and didn't have foreign holiday

Consumers are not receiving funds from airlines if they adhere to Government advice on non-essential travel, said the CEO of the Consumers Association of Ireland.

The CEO of the Consumers Association of Ireland, Dermot Jewell, has called on the Government to set up a compensation fund for people who followed Government advice and did not travel abroad for holidays.

At present the position is “if they don’t go, they take the loss” he explained to RTÉ radio’s Today with Sarah McInerney show.