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:
Those accommodation offerings are important. They are the types of unique experiences people look for. They are away from the standard accommodation we are used to. People are always looking for those types of experiences. If we are talking about rural Ireland, we are talking about areas that are outside of the 10,000 population cap, so we expect they will be granted planning to operate as tourist accommodation providers.