James Browne: “That's so that Fáilte Ireland will create a register of short-term lets, and to be on that register you will have to…”

I think it's a social good for somebody to be able to live where their family lives, where their friends are, where they grew up, and it adds to that local community.

I want those homes and those, as many as possible, back into use, available as homes, either to own or to rent, so as residential purposes, because it is impacting the housing crisis, in particular in the long-term rental sector,

Airbnb will have to comply with the law and I would expect both the planning authorities and Fáilte Ireland to be very robust in actions against Airbnb, or any platform that [facilitates] illegal activity on their website.

This is about bringing a sensible approach where people can reasonably be able to build a home in their own local community, but also respecting the climate.