Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The just transition fund has been allocated €160 million. It has three strategic priorities and two of them are tourism based. I refer to trails and generated tourism for which accommodation is required. Mr. Nolan from Airbnb mentioned its research on activities in every county. Are there figures for County Longford?

Mr. O'Mara Walsh said just transition is being led by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. That Department should concentrate on building houses and prioritise building the more than 70,000 planning permissions that have been sitting there for the last two to four years.

I mentioned best practice and Ms Ní Mhurchú mentioned Portugal. The best thing to do would be take an holistic look at best practice in Europe. The five years in terms of registration were mentioned. I think we are jumping in blindly. It would be helpful if we could be provided with a report on where registration has been brought in, what is best practice and what has been the result. In Scotland, there were exemptions in cities. Could we make rent-pressure zones exempt and leave the rural-----