Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy O’Sullivan mentioned the level of accommodation that accommodates approximately 6% of our students. Has the Minister a view on whether it should be a priority, not only to reduce costs, but to dramatically increase that figure specifically for the purposes of recognising that our population centres in Dublin in particular are not the only places in the country that are growing? In fact, the regions outside Dublin are growing faster. Therefore the universities and third level institutes up and down the country might need an ongoing specific budget for the very purpose of providing accommodation to students and therefore reducing the costs of third level education in future years.

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