Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Airbnb figures are the only data available and they state that south Dublin does not have an issue as there are only 220 listings. Fingal probably does not have an issue, with 500, and Dún Laoghaire is in a similar position with only 600. In Dublin city, 5,400 properties are listed on Airbnb. The magic number, that is when a person breaks the regulations and becomes liable for tax, is 90 days but 2,581 are available for 90 days or more. Of them, 1,375 entire properties are available so there is an issue in Dublin city and it is causing a significant impact on the housing crisis and the short-term rental market. We need to progress things more quickly than we are doing at the moment. I do not believe there is such an impact outside Dublin city.