Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is up to France to collect the taxes. While Airbnb is a solution for some things, as far as I am concerned it also causes problems in other areas. We are trying to create long-term tenancies and certainty. Airbnb is a short-term solution mostly for people who are on holidays or who are staying somewhere on city breaks and so on. There are also issues pertaining to regulation, inspection, standards and all the rest of it. Basically, Airbnb involves inviting somebody else into one's own home, as opposed to putting in place a tenancy that is tested and robust. While I acknowledge there are checks and balances within the Airbnb system, I would not like to over-egg Airbnb's potential in the context of solving a homelessness crisis. While that is my honest response, I am open to persuasion on these matters. It has a useful purpose but in terms of managed tenancies and certainty for the future, there are issues in this regard.

I think most of the questions have been answered.