Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

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

Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary)

Photo of Christopher O'SullivanChristopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have one concern. It is welcome legislation. We have talked about what is happening in many of our towns where rows of terraced houses are being let on Airbnb when they could offer very valid long-term accommodation for people. However, we obviously then have the concerns of the rural operators, people who offer short-term lets, who feel that this could be a really prohibitive constraint on their income. Do we have any clarification on the planning requirements for those rural areas outside rent pressure zones, RPZs, and for rural areas within RPZs? There are some rural areas within municipal districts that fall within RPZs although they are not urban.

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