Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion
9:30 am
Maria Bailey (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I have one supplementary question or comment on student accommodation. To put it into focus, we are all very familiar with the UCD campus. UCD wants to put in a further 3,000 beds. If they can provide 3,000 beds, that is 3,000 students out of rental accommodation in the satellite areas around UCD. I do not want to go into the action plan for housing, but it will help our rental supply in the private sector. I want to put into context how important it is. If we can approve that section it will play a huge role in turning around the supply in the private rental sector. I will go back to Dr. Hayden.
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