Professor Frank Monahan:

There is a plan to build further accommodation. At the moment, we have more than 4,000 student beds on campus. The ambition is to increase that number to 5,500. There was a plan to build an additional 1,250 beds but it is on hold because of the increase in the cost of building and the rent cap. A proposal has gone to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to move this on and facilitate UCD in adding those 1,250 beds on campus. That would improve things dramatically. We understand the proposal is under consideration at the moment. It would be very helpful if that could happen.