Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Student Accommodation: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Paul Lemass:
On international protection or BOTP use, we have been advised by the Department of children and now the Department of justice that they are exiting contracts for 1,800 units. We are watching those units and seeing them being advertised, so gradually we are seeing them coming back on the market. They are private units, so we do not get to say how and when the owner of the units puts them back on the market, but we are seeing them. The example in Tralee is a good one, but there are similar examples in Cork, Limerick, Galway, Dublin and Sligo.
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