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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services members are asked to ensure that their mobile telephones are turned off or switched to airplane safe or flight mode, depending on the device, for the duration of the meeting. It is not sufficient for members to put their telephones on silent mode as this will maintain the level of interference with the broadcasting systems. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: We are resuming our consideration of the topic of short-term lettings and the impact, if any, they are having on Ireland's housing and rental market. Today's meeting will consist of two sessions and I welcome to our first session Dr. Ronan Lyons, assistant professor of economics at Trinity College, and Mr. John McCafferty and Mr. Gavin Elliot from Threshold. Before we begin, I wish to draw...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank Dr. Lyons for his presentation. I call on Mr. McCafferty to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: Do members wish to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: As there are no further questions in the session, I thank our witnesses for coming in today. If there is anything of relevance which was not covered, they might communicate it to the committee afterwards to allow us to include it in our report. The next witnesses are Mr. Patrick Robinson and Ms Natasha Mytton-Mills of Airbnb. Before we begin, I draw their attention to the fact that by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: I will only ask two brief questions, as two of my other questions have already been asked by Deputy Ó Broin. What details does Airbnb use to verify that individual hosts do not have multiple properties under different accounts? How does it verify that? In his written submission to the committee, Mr. Parkinson wrote that professional lettings could, under certain circumstances, be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: That could get Mr. Robinson into trouble.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: Can I clarify that point? I must declare that I do not use my property on Airbnb. If I wanted to rent out my property for the 161 days has Airbnb access to finding out that data? If Deputy Casey is renting his property out for 161 days and tomorrow takes in Natasha, can Revenue, Airbnb, or anybody, tell me if that property rented out for 300 days that year? This would be irrelevant for how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: How does Airbnb verify that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: Yes. How does the process of verification operate in circumstances in which Pat rents from me but his wife uses her name the next time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: Airbnb can tell if a property is being used for 300 days of the year and we can get that information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: We want to get into the detail to try to verify how many of Airbnb's 2,700 hosts are offering long-term or short-term stays. Deputy Ó Broin wants to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: May I ask for one quick clarification? When someone is registering his or her property, are the same questions asked irrespective of the country one is in? Can registration be tailored in such a way as to require the host to state whether the property is his or her primary residence or an additional property? Do the members have any other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: Before I bring in Mr. Robinson, does Deputy Ellis have any further questions? We will finish up on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: When one is registering a property, are the same questions asked in each country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: The last question is one of mine that the witnesses might not have covered. Under certain circumstances, could professional lettings be putting pressure on supply in specific areas? Most of the housing constraint is in the cities. What evidence do the witnesses have in this respect? Do they believe this is putting pressure on the market in Dublin?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank Mr. Robinson and Ms Mytton-Mills for attending today and for the openness with which they have engaged with the committee. We look forward to further engagement. If there is anything they think we have missed or that is relevant to our report, they are welcome to send the information on to us. We will keep the communication lines open. I thank the committee members for their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (29 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider putting a compulsory purchase order on the playing pitches at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30620/17]