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
Pauline Tully (Sinn Fein)
Thanks very much. We want to see increased investment, and all of our guests have called for that, but we want that investment used sensibly to create purpose-built accommodation for students that is of a good standard. It does not need to be suite standard. Ms Hall said that in Galway there are only 1,800 beds for 20,000 students. Has the number always been that low? The University of Galway is lovely. It is a place that students have always flocked to, and I would have thought there was more accommodation than that available there. Are there plans to expand?
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