Ryan O'Meara (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department plans to provide purpose-built student accommodation to alleviate pressures on the private rental market around universities and third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14381/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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With the new Student Accommodation Strategy, which is in development, I am seeking to both increase the supply of student accommodation to benefit students and also free up private rental homes.

To achieve this, the focus is on a combination of digs accommodation, an examination of vacant property, and the development and leasing of purpose-built student accommodation.

I will also examine sustainable transport alternatives to accommodation close to campus.

The objectives of the Strategy are to:

• Increase the supply of state supported student accommodation
• Reduce the cost of delivery through development of standardised design guidance
• Promote efficient use of existing building stock through refurbishment and an examination of vacancy
• Support balanced regional development through a Technological University (TU) Student Accommodation Programme
• promote digs accommodation