Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am raising an important issue which has implications for public expenditure and education and housing sectors, which is the lack of borrowing power for IOTs. This key issue has been raised with me by sectoral representatives since my appointment as education spokesperson. They cannot borrow to build student accommodation, the result of which is the rental markets in the areas around the institutes is out of sync, even more so than the general market, because they cannot build accommodation.

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