Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. That is very welcome information, in particular that a dedicated student accommodation unit has been established to develop and implement the policy along with the Higher Education Authority. I very much welcome that. The bigger issue for me is that the Minister of State outlined there is a need for 700 accommodation units for Carlow and 700 units for Waterford. That is most welcome. I am delighted to see the progress that has been achieved.

However, we need to have more information on this. I was not aware of all the work that was going on. We very much appreciate the work done by the Minister, Deputy Harris. His commitment and dedication to SETU is evident, but we need to give the information and have a plan. While this is really good and welcome, could we meet with the Minister, perhaps get the rest of the information and continue on from there? At least we will know the updates then and I will be able to people this is where we are, we have a plan and this is what is happening. I again thank the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, for their hard work, commitment and dedication to the work that has taken place.

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