Mr. Earnán Ó Cléirigh:

Regarding Deputy Ellis's questions, I am not aware if the decision by An Bord Pleannála has been proactively transmitted to Airbnb and others, but I believe it is publicly available and has been published by An Bord Pleanála and any of the entities with which I have engaged are well aware of it. The question around what individual Airbnb hosts understand are planning requirements is very relevant and something we will look at. Even in the discussions with Airbnb around the memorandum of understanding, if we get to a memorandum of understanding, the clarification of planning requirements for hosts, what is and what is not exempt and what permissions are required, will be one of the things that will be in it.

We have not looked at the use of student accommodation.