Siobhan English

So there was a year of directive that all short-term lets, Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, all these people that had their short-term lets on all these platforms would have to register with Vault Ireland.

The registration was due to open today and...

We had, by 20th of May, we all had to be registered with Falt Ireland, which was a fantastic idea.

Absolutely, we all want that to happen.

But it's not happening.

We've had no word.

We've got word from Falt Ireland that the register won't open on the 20th of May.

And it's at a standstill.

Well, I'm watching online, I'm watching social media.

Americans are nervous.

People from overseas are nervous to think if they book a place with us.

And we had to, Ireland, the Irish government tied in a planning legislation with the registration.

They wanted everyone to have planning permission and to comply with planning.

So this planning legislation was being tied down.

was going to cause a problem, you know, because a lot of people won't have the money to apply for planning.

And if they're turned down, they could lose a lot of money.

So, you know, the 20th of May deadline that was coming, the people were getting nervous.

The Americans were getting nervous and they were saying, OK, we better not book with you because you could be closed down in June and we would have nowhere to stay.

Absolutely.

Around the country.