The Government is planning a new crackdown on short-term Airbnb rentals as well as vacant homes and sites. At the Fine Gael meeting, Mr O’Brien said his department was close to concluding a piece of work on how to further regulate short-term lettings through platforms like Airbnb. Mr O’Brien also told the Fine Gael meeting that the vacant sites levy was not effective and needed to be revisited. Separately, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told his party in a letter that a vacant homes levy may need to be introduced. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he wanted supply to be increased to 40,000 homes a year over the next decade.

Source: The Irish Times May 20, 2021 03:46 UTC