Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senators raised points on what is prescribed for one particular use, and various analogies around takeaways, retail units and betting shops were made. What is important here is that the type of use of a facility has an impact in various ways, whether it relates to traffic management, opening hours, noise disturbance or size. The important thing is that we specify a premises' prescribed use in that regard.

We will deal with short-term lets under section 8. Section 7(d) states, "a change in use of a house or part of a house situated in a rent pressure zone (within the meaning of section 8) to a use for short-term letting (within the meaning of section 8) purposes". I will come back to the Senator on that.