Ms Niamh McGuire:

It would be useful for somebody in that circumstance to engage with their local authority and establish what they will need to make their way into compliance. In terms of enforcement, if you think about how the system will work, a person will have to register and confirm compliance from next May. They will get a registration number. They will need that number to access the market and use the platforms.

If they do not have that number, the platforms will not be allowed to put their listing up. That is where these platform requirements come into place. The design of the system enables the competent authority, which will be Fáilte Ireland, to effectively block access to the market if someone is not appropriately registered with a valid registration number.

Beyond that, in cases where people are found operating with a number that is perhaps suspended, withdrawn or invalid, Fáilte Ireland will have the option to issue a fixed-payment notice. I will allow the witnesses from Fáilte Ireland to go into that in greater detail.