Written answers

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Department of Finance

Student Accommodation

Photo of Mairead FarrellMairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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104. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 30 January 2024, if the initial information requested will be provided in the manner in which it was initially sought, in tabular form with the variables specified therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5232/24]

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The NTMA has informed me that the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) is a commercial investor in a range of businesses, platforms and projects which support the delivery of new homes in Ireland. These investments are in private market commercial operations, typically featuring a significant quantum of third-party investment that deliver a range of housing tenures including purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA). These platforms include the partnership with Harrison Street Europe that was announced in September 2023 to fund regional new build PBSA, ISIF’s investment with Activate Capital which provides lending to the homebuilding sector and has funded a number of new PBSA developments and a long-term funding commitment to Dublin City University to deliver infrastructural improvements including on campus student accommodation.

A summary of these investments by ISIF is shown in the table below;

Investment ISIF Commitment Date of Investment
Activate Capital €500m* July 2015
Dublin City University €54m April 2016
Harrison Street European Property Partners III €25m December 2021
Harrison Street European Property Partners IV €75m September 2023

*Activate Capital provides homebuilding finance to deliver new homes across a range of tenures including the provision of finance for two student accommodation schemes located in Dublin 1 and Cork city.

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