Pauline Tully (Sinn Fein)

I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I refer to the 2015 Higher Education Authority report that was referenced in the opening statement. It was said that there was an unmet demand of 25,000 bed spaces at that time. What is the unmet demand now? Have there been other reports? Mr. Lemass seemed to suggest this was a one-off report. I note a strategy came from that in 2017, I presume to address the unmet need of 25,000 spaces. Should this not have been monitored on an ongoing basis, with reports continually, to see what the unmet need was? Was it done? Perhaps Mr. Lemass can clarify that. What is the current unmet need?