Time to crack on with crackdown on short-term lets

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The Government needs its prediction of 12,000 properties returning to the long-term rental market to come true - almost as much as renters doShort-term lettings: Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin and Fáilte Ireland chief executive Paul Kelly announcing details of a new register at a briefing in Government Press Centre on Wednesday. Photograph: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.

But the proposals, though they might help Fáilte Ireland gain a clearer picture of where accommodation is available, are not really about tourism. They are about housing. If the State had no housing crisis it is debatable whether the Government would be forced to care about the current quota of 30,000 short-term tourism-letting properties – some 60-70 per cent of which are full houses or apartments.

Its latest announcement follows an earlier move to require people living in rent pressure zones to get planning permission if they let out a second property for short-term lets or do short-term lets adding up to more than 90 days in a year on their principal primary residence while away.

Airbnb, the leading online booking platform, sometimes refers to the expanding set of regulations it now encounters across Europe under the heading “responsible hosting”, though it has naturally spent years lobbying to fend them off. Under the new Irish system it can be fined up to €5,000 for each listing of a property without a valid registration number.

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