Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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We need to look at it now. We talk about access but what if there is no affordable accommodation for students to be able to live? If we look at a county such as Mayo, for somebody living in Belmullet or Blacksod it is more than an hour to travel to the university each day and it is not feasible. Someone would need student accommodation beside or near the Mayo campus. We do not want people travelling all the time when there is climate change and all that. We need to look at it now and we need to make sure that it is part of the future funding model. That is what I am saying.