Mr. Fergal O'Leary:

From the perspective of the register, we do want to have visibility over the short-term tourist lets that are in student accommodation and are let out to tourists during the summer in particular. Obviously, they are a really valuable part of the picture in many areas.

On property owners and the obligations on them, the proposed legislation places an obligation on property owners to register their property if they want to let it out to tourists. That applies to all property owners of any type, whether they are renting a room in a house, an entire house or four or five yurts or glamping pods.

If one does not do that as a property owner, one will not be able to advertise one's property. To use the Senator's phrase, that is the way we will follow the paper trail and how we will have much more visibility than there currently is in the market. Establishing the register is a key part of that.