Ms Lorna Cahill:

To answer the Cathaoirleach's question anecdotally, I imagine - again, this is just my opinion - that a massive percentage of hosts operate illegally and do not have the required planning. People with structured short-term letting accommodation, town houses that offer a number of rooms, almost like mini motels or hotels, holiday villages, structured holiday homes that have been operating for years - they will all have what is required. I am talking about people like myself, women who are small-time operators. We have one property, like I do, and operate it without planning.