Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Niamh McGuire:
It is a delicate balance. These are really important towns around the country and popular places to visit. We are interested in maintaining tourism in those areas and extending tourism to other regions to have a good regional spread of tourism to try to benefit all of the country. Tourism is a really effective economic driver in terms of trying to develop businesses in the local economy. Tourism is a collaborative economy. It is really important. Alongside that, we have the urgency around housing. It is a bit of a wicked problem, as what we will do to benefit one will cause a loss to the other.
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