Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I believe the point being made is that there is a difficulty with capacity. The reason so many students are being brought in from abroad is that they pay for the running of the college. The argument is that, if there was greater subvention and supports for the college, there would be no necessity for places to be taken up by people coming in from abroad.