Written answers
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Student Accommodation
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the most recent data that his Department has on the breakdown between purpose-built student accommodation delivered in the private market and on campus since 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30623/22]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The data below captures all of the completions of accommodation bed-spaces since the publication of the Rebuilding Ireland policy in 2016, as the Department does not possess data for completions dating from 2014.
| Year Due for Completion | Public | Private | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 650 | 500 | 1,150 |
| 2017 | 1,513 | 1,513 | |
| 2018 | 429 | 2,096 | 2,525 |
| 2019 | 250 | 2,961 | 3,211 |
| 2020 | 970 | 2,234 | 3,204 |
| 2021 | 542 | 542 | |
| Grand Total | 2,299 | 9,850 | 12,149 |
The Department is engaging with Higher Education Institutions on these matters. It is aware a further 929 bedspaces are in development and discussions are ongoing about additional capacity in September.
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 25 May 2022, the average cost of the 970 beds added; the total amount allocated for non-European Union international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30624/22]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The student accommodation beds referred to were developed by UCD. The Department does not hold costing information on them. Queries in this vein should be addressed to the institutions in question.
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