Airbnb Ireland UC

Lobbying Organisation Airbnb Ireland UC

Date published 21 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Providing written evidence submission to the Oireachtas Committee for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government ahead of and after a Committee evidence session

Intended results To provide detailed background, data and information on the homesharing community across Ireland, the positive impacts and the need for fair and clear regulation, to help inform the Committee's investigation.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Patrick Robinson

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Submitted via the Committee clerk, the first email was to provide the written evidence ahead of giving oral evidence to the Committee, looking into short term rentals in Dublin and across Ireland. Submitted via the Committee clerk, the second email was to follow up with a correction to the submitted evidence which was also clarified in the oral evidence session.

Email (1)

Submitted via the Committee clerk, the email provided follow-up written evidence to the Committee following the oral evidence session. This was to cover any areas where the Committee asked for further information and to cover answers to questions which may not have been fully covered during the oral evidence session.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Cowen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fergus O'Dowd TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maria Bailey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pat Casey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruth Coppinger TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Grace O'Sullivan Senator (Seanad)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Senator (Seanad)

Paudie Coffey Senator (Seanad)

Victor Boyhan Senator (Seanad)