Short-term lettings in Kerry
Deputy Danny Healy-Rae said new housing rules were causing alarm in Kerry and threatening the self-catering industry, with no clear local direction. The Tánaiste said Minister of State Griffin, who knows Kerry well, would be asked to revert to him.
There is uproar in County Kerry about new regulations or laws being brought in by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government relating to short-term lettings. The Minister stated that it will not affect County Kerry. The local authority there has been given no direction. The Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, was asked on Kerry radio what was happening and stated that he was waiting for instructions from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Comment on this
People need clarity. They are very concerned. This could adversely affect the self-catering industry in Kerry, which is a tourist county. What is happening? What is the Department doing to people? People are very upset and anxious. There will be a meeting tonight in Listowel on this issue and another in the coming days in Killarney. All around the county, people are organising and asking what is happening. Will the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and the Tánaiste tell us what is happening and what the Government is doing on this issue?
