Government rejects idea that taxing holiday homes could help deal with the housing crisis 

https://www.thejournal.ie/holiday-homes-tax-6084799-Jun2023/

In this article, the Irish Ministry of Finance acknowledges that an additional tax on tourist residences will (often) not help to solve the housing crisis. It is indeed important to question how the desired objective is achieved by introducing any rule or tax, as detailed by a professor at Trinity College Dublin. As always, it’s all a question of proportionality…