Short-Term Lettings and Tourism Bill 2026

What the bill says it does

Bill entitled an Act to give full effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 of the European Parliament and of the Council on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724; and for that purpose, to appoint the National Tourism Development Authority to be the competent authority to manage and enforce registration procedures and to collect data on short-term accommodation rental services; to designate that Authority to establish, maintain and operate the single digital entry point required under Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 to receive and transfer data relating to short-term accommodation rental services; to provide for the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to appoint the national coordinator in relation to that single digital entry point for the purpose of Article 11 of that Regulation; to designate the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, for the purpose of Article 14 of that Regulation; to provide for enforcement of obligations of hosts when offering short-term accommodation rental services via online short-term rental platforms including by means of fixed payment notices; to provide for enforcement of obligations of online short-term rental platforms including by means of financial sanctions for contraventions; to repeal certain provisions of the Tourist Traffic Act 1939, the Tourist Traffic Act 1952 and the Tourist Traffic Act 1983; to provide for a register of limited stays in student-specific accommodation; to provide for exchange of information between public bodies; to provide for appointment of authorised officers, registration officers, registration appeals officers and adjudication officers; and for those purposes to amend the Tourist Traffic Act 1939 and the National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003 and certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

This is the bill's official long title.