Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Zak Murtagh:

I might take this one. I will just share what is the common perspective, in that we are unhappy, as is everybody else, with the insufficient data in this regard. We recognise there are multiple decisions that go into the designation of what a property is ultimately used for and factors to be considered in terms of whether it is suitable to return to long-term rental purposes. To echo the point made by Senator Byrne, at this stage we are unhappy that there is not significant clarity around the data available. We regard to the figure of 12,000, that has been bandied about as being on the optimistic side of things without seeing further proof and a breakdown of the figure.

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