Mr. Terry Sheridan:

We did some monitoring and research of the number of properties being advertised on the platforms in the Dublin City Council area before and during the Covid pandemic. Before Covid, there were about 6,000 properties. During Covid, that number went down to between 1,000 and 2,000. That type of property would previously have been in long-term rental, got out of it, then went back to it during Covid so that they could keep generating rental income in the long term. They have since reverted to short-term letting.