Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I discussed the matter with the Minister, Deputy Murphy, this morning. He plans to bring draft proposals to the committee and work with other parties to get this right. We are trying to get the balance right between ensuring we have a functioning short-term letting market, where appropriate, and preventing the short-term letting system from undermining the broader and more important rental market, which is needed to provide longer-term tenancies and security of tenure for tenants and so on. The outline of the Minister's approach in that regard is now being openly discussed. He will bring forward the proposals in draft form to the committee and work with others in this House to get it right. Some time will be needed to reflect the fact that there are pre-bookings and so on and that people will have to adapt to new realities.

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