Mr. Neil McDonnell:

This is certainly not an area of expertise. I would observe, however, given what we heard earlier about how college fees are being spent, that it would appear it is on putting up large blocks of student accommodation that may not be affordable. I understand that there are some barriers to use of that during the summer when the college of closed. If they want to make a book out of this sort of thing, then they should actually make a book and allow for more affordable use of that asset by students. There is very high demand for casual accommodation during the summer period, especially by young people in Ireland, so make use of and exploit it.