Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Student Accommodation: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)

I have a question relating to UCD's student union. I was struck by the charging for utilities. There are certain limits regarding what the university can do with rent, so instead it is charging for utilities. Why do the witnesses think it is doing this? Is this a way of circumventing the freeze on rents while also making up for a lack of necessary funding for the university?

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