Mr. Bernard O'Shea:

We are in close contact with our stakeholders all of the time in the Department. That has been very much the case in the last couple of years because of the Covid pandemic, which strengthened that relationship, if anything. In terms of recent engagement on this particular Bill, on the day it was approved by the Government, we had consultations involving ourselves, Fáilte Ireland and all of the key tourism stakeholders, as well as the online platforms. Just yesterday, I was speaking to the Irish Self Catering Federation and I had contact with Airbnb last night. They have suggested they would like a round-table consultation with all three organisations that are represented here today and we are more than happy to facilitate that. It is something we would be doing in any event.