Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The provision of student accommodation has become incredibly bad in the time of this Government and the previous one. The Minister of State outlined that it is proposed to spend €100 million on student accommodation over three years. He also outlined some of the measures that have been delivered. He referred to the fact that 30% of what will be delivered will be provided at below the market rate. I am interested in hearing how that determination has been made.

The Minister of State gave a timeline for UCD, Maynooth and DCU. What else is in the pipeline? We all know there was a significant number of universities with a lot of land, some with planning permission for student accommodation, and what they needed was viable financial packages to be put in place. The accommodation is necessary. What is the timeline and what are the overall targets the Government hopes to deliver on?

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