Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

How many beds exactly does the Minister expect and anticipate? To be clear, I asked the universities a straightforward question. I did not ask them to comment on policy. I would not expect them to comment on policy to me. I am sure they would go directly to the Minister in that regard. I asked the universities specifically how many vacant and derelict properties they have on site and how many beds that would equate to, because that was part of the announcement and I am interested in it. From the responses I have received so far, we are talking about 80 beds. I assume the Minister's Department did research on this so I am asking how many beds he expects and anticipates to come from this policy.