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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank all of the witnesses. The Government's number one priority ahead of anything else is the provision of housing. If, by the introduction of this legislation, I was convinced we would achieve 12,000 additional long-term rental properties coming into the housing market, I would be far more supportive of it. I refer to Mr. Redmond's point about the difficulty with data. When Deputy...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Perhaps I will come at it in a broader sense. If the objective of the legislation is to try to provide more long-term rental accommodation, which everyone wants to do, does Mr. Redmond believe the legislation as it currently stands will do that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Okay. Mr. O'Mara Walsh mentioned that it may in the cities. Does he want to hazard a guess?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: This is an important issue for the committee. It is something I raised when the two Departments and Fáilte Ireland were before us. We should be legislating and making policy on the basis of evidence and fact. There is no evidence before us to show that by the introduction of this legislation, in particular in the absence of the new planning guidelines, this will lead to a significant...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I will leave it at that. It may be coming out of this meeting that we need to write again to request further details on the data, plus an update on when the guidelines will be ready because it will be very difficult for the committee to continue with some of these discussions and for all of the bodies here otherwise. I am conscious that we have been in contact with the Department previously...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I have spoken with a lot of operators in Wexford as well and for a variety of reasons they are not in a position to do it. First, in many cases, the accommodation is not suitable for long-term rental, but even if it was it does not suit due to family circumstances, as outlined by Ms Casey. I am keen to hear Threshold's view on this because there is always the fear that we are listening to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: With reference to Pat Leahy's description of the Order of Business as "windbagging" on any topic and looking for a debate on it, the same could be said of editorials in the The Irish Times. I echo the call by my colleague, Senator Horkan, for a debate on Ireland's EU membership, which has been enormously positive for this country in terms of both the contribution the EU has made to Ireland...

Seanad: Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am grateful that the Government is accepting the principle of what we are seeking to achieve here. I am happy therefore both in moving this Bill, to move the proposed Government amendment and to accept it. This will allow for consideration of this Bill, it is a timed amendment, and it will allow for the Bill to go before the justice...

Seanad: Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Seanad Éireann: condemns: - any attempt to promote division and hostility towards those who come to Ireland seeking safety; notes that: - the right to protest peacefully is enshrined in the Constitution and the European Convention of Human Rights; - balancing the right to protest with...

Seanad: Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: At 2.30 p.m next Tuesday.

Seanad: Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This Bill relates to targeted protests. In the case of the example he gave of a protest arising out of an industrial dispute at a factory, its provisions would not impact on such an event, even if it took place in a residential area. I take Senator McDowell's point that the restriction of 200 m can be a challenge. The issue is really to do...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tourism Policy (25 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I congratulate the Minister of State. I commend him on his work as the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs. He did an exemplary job. I wish him the best of luck in his new post. I thank him for taking this matter on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. I want to raise the question of the short-term tourist letting register...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tourism Policy (25 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I note the Minister of State's language when he indicated the Department stated that it is impossible to estimate or that it cannot estimate how many properties will be available. This is not what it says on the Department's website, which indicates much more clearly that we will see 12,000 coming back into use. Nobody disputes the need for a register. A register makes sense; it has to be...