More than 4,600 properties are currently listed for short term lets in Dublin City Centre.
However, just 13 landlords have applied for planning permission to allow their properties to be used as short-term lets.
According to today's Business Post, the figure was released to Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin by Dublin City Council.
New rules introduced in July require owners letting out properties on sites like AirBnB to apply for planning permission.
New Guidelines
The new rules were introduced in an effort to tackle a shortage in housing supply in Dublin.
There were concerns that professional landlords were withdrawing properties from the long-term market in favour of a more lucrative short-term let.
Short-term lettings are now only be allowed where a house is a person’s primary residence inside designated ‘rent pressure zones’.
The property can only be let out for 90 days per year and for fewer than 14 days at any one time.
People caught breaking the new rules face a maximum fine of €5,000 or six months in prison.
Data released by the Inside Airbnb website last week shows that there are 4,663 entire homes or apartments for let in Dublin City Centre.
