Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)

One of the impacts of the accommodation crisis is students having to drop out. They apply through the CAO, get their places and are delighted. They then start to look for accommodation. Some may start their courses while still commuting an unviable distance until they realise that this is not going to happen. Do the witnesses have any figures at a national or college level about the dropout rates linked to the student accommodation crisis? Has there been an increase in dropouts over the past ten years or so as the housing crisis has got worse?