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
Erin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)
We have no other questions. I have one question, as a lot of things were covered this evening. Three things have come up. We want the availability, quality and cost of accommodation to be addressed. When the State puts money and resources into building accommodation for our students, what safeguards are we putting in to make sure the cost is as low as possible for the students? I lived in student accommodation a long time ago and it was extortionate back then. I can only imagine what it is like now. How are the Department and HEA making sure students are not ripped off in State-sponsored accommodation?
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