Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Beidh an fhadhb ann arís agus tá sé ann cheana féin ach an fhadhb atá leis na hAirbnbs agus an reachtaíocht atá chun teacht ná áit atá daoine ina gcónaí i gceantair Ghaeltachta i mbliana, go mbeidh orthu na tithe atá ar cíos acu don chuid is mó den gheimhreadh, don fhómhar agus don earrach a fhágáil mar go mbeidh na tithe sin ar cíos – cíos gairid nó short-terms lets Airbnb - le linn an tsamhraidh arís. Tá samhradh eile caillte nuair a bheidh ar dhaoine bogadh amach as na tithe. Is teaghlaigh atá i gceist don chuid is mó. Is é sin an saol atá acu ach tá geallúint tugtha thar na blianta go mbeidh cuidiú ann agus níl sé tagtha, nó ní bheidh sé tagtha faoin samhradh i bliana. Aon rud gur féidir a dhéanamh chun an reachtaíocht, na treoirlínte nó pé rud a dhéanamh, is fiú é a dhéanamh. An t-aon fáth go raibh an leasú seo ann ná chun a chinntiú go raibh muid chun bogadh ar aghaidh. Fáilteoidh mé roimh pé rud atá an tAire, an Teachta O’Brien, nó an tAire, an Teachta Martin, chun a fhoilsiú nuair a thagann sé, ach níl sé tagtha go fóill. Fáiltím roimh an méid a dúirt an tAire go mbeidh sé amuigh i gceann coicíse nó mar sin ach feicfimid.

Amendment No. 56 has been proposed because there was, and probably still is, a concern among the likes of the Dublin Civic Trust, An Taisce, the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, the International Council on Monuments and Sites in Ireland, the Irish Georgian Society and others that some parts of the Bill may have a negative impact. Those organisations are trying to ensure that a report is done and that as soon as the Bill is enacted, and the Minister has said there will be a staged enactment, we will look at the impact of the Bill. We must ensure that the Bill is in compliance with, if you like, and that there is nothing contradictory between it and the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act.

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