Seanad debates

Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

 

12:00 pm

Photo of Lynn RuaneLynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 4, line 36, to delete “academic term times” and substitute “the academic year”

This amendment, which was raised with the Minister by my colleague, Senator Higgins, on Committee Stage, seeks to change the period in which student accommodation can be used for purposes other than housing for students, from outside of the academic term time to outside the academic year. This is to address concerns that at Christmas, students who are revising for exams and students who may have to remain in student accommodation, in particular international students, do not have security of tenure in their accommodation.

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