Ms Jenny De Saulles:

As we talked about earlier and as I mentioned in my opening statement, short-term lets are a key product in terms of what domestic and international visitors want. It is important for us to offer a broad spectrum of tourism accommodation products in Ireland. Yes, we want hotels, but we also want bed and breakfasts, self-catering accommodation, boats, caravans and camping. As part of the tourism policy and post the tourism policy, the Department will be developing an accommodation development strategy. We will be working with the Department on that strategy. It will very much be about future-proofing the tourism sector to meet the needs of the visitor and ensuring we have that broad spectrum. In no sense are we walking away from this type of product.