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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: Fáilte Ireland's initial scoping exercise identified 30,000 properties. In relative terms, how many beds does that amount to?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: Fáilte Ireland identified ten staff for oversight and and so on. That is one member of staff to 13,000 properties. Why was it just ten staff? Was this due to budget constraints, or was there another reason it was felt one member of staff would be sufficient for 13,000 properties?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: So Mr. O'Leary is fairly confident that Fáilte Ireland has sufficient resources to oversee adherence and that sort of thing.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: What sort of powers will the staff have? Could they enter a property if they suspected it was being let but not registered?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: Are there 30,000 places identified already that have not in any form been declared?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: Is Mr O'Leary saying that compliance with registration is down to the individual property owner?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: What powers will the enforcement officers have if they suspect somebody has not registered? It is back to that question.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: On the sites on which the initial scoping was done, including short-term letting sites, was social media, including Facebook pages, included? Is that yet to be done?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: It was stated it will not be possible to collect fees for one or two years. Is that correct? Head 11 states it will not be possible to collect fees for one or two years. Is that correct?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: Is Mr O'Shea saying that, immediately from the day a property owner registers, the fee will be applied? Alternatively, will it take time before fees could be applied?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: Has Mr. O'Leary any idea what the fee will be?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: That is grand. My next question is for Mr. Sheridan. When Fáilte Ireland was tasked, it identified 30,000 properties based on its initial scoping of sites. How come the Department did not do that folllowing the legislation in 2019?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: It is a hell of a lot of properties.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: Did the Department have a dedicated enforcement team or officers?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: So public money was paid entering into the contract engaging enforcement officers

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: Through the Department?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: Through the Department, more or less.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: So 30,000 properties and 130,000 beds have been provided by the Department through engaging enforcement contractors since 2019. It is now the start of 2023 but the Department has not a lot to show from this endeavour.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: So certain situations are exempt but others were not.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Imelda Munster: What percentage? Are there statistics available?