Ms Megan O'Connor:

The provision of accommodation so important and it will take us a long time to resolve this. There are no ifs or buts about it. However, something that we can do in the interim is invest in public transportation routes. They are not where they need to be. We saw in the budget that there is 50% off for students between a certain ages, but not all students fall within that age bracket. We have mature students and students with disabilities accessing education at a later stage and it completely excludes them. It is very important to ensure we invest in and expand our public transport routes. We have had more and more students commuting to college in recent years because of the accommodation crisis and that is something students with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by, again because of the financial burden.