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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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: I have a couple of questions. I was the only one who did not get to ask anything last week. What interaction is there with local authorities throughout the country and particularly in larger areas such as Dublin and Cork? What interaction is there in encouraging them and coming forward with site applications or plans for various state-owned lands that we can move on? Without being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank the Senator. I will go back to the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: No. They are the replies to questions nos. 3, 4 and 5. Questions nos. 1 and 2 will not be answered until the Minister comes to the meeting, as he wants to answer Deputy Boyd Barrett directly. Obviously there will be an overlap. Did Deputy Casey wish to clarify something, as I am aware he will have to leave the committee for ten minutes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: Does Senator Murnane O'Connor wish to clarify something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: We will speak about it at the end of the meeting, probably under pillars 1 and 2.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: I am not going to cut Deputy Boyd Barrett off but I have given him seven minutes and I have two more speakers to get in. I will come back to him after the other two have had their opportunity to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Maria Bailey: I am going to have to interject because, to be fair, they were allocated before the Rebuilding Ireland plan. What we are discussing here today is the progress report on that plan.