Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Most of the Priority Questions this morning relate to the crisis in student accommodation. That is a strong indication that there has been a failure by Government to plan ahead. In Sligo, for example, we had two apartment blocks that for ten years housed students. Then they were allocated for Ukrainian refugees. That has been stopped for now but the owners have said that they are not for student use. That is a failure of co-ordination between two different Government Departments and it has left students scrambling for accommodation in Sligo.

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