Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 April 2018
134. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and the action he will take to ensure students and their families are not priced out of accommodation. [17124/18]
View answerI am aware of the price increases for purpose built student accommodation in certain private developments. The Interdepartmental Working Group on Student Accommodation has been asked to assess the impact of licence arrangements on residents of purpose built student accommodation.
Together with the Minister of State for Higher Education and the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development I launched the National Student Accommodation Strategy in July 2017. Addressing the supply of purpose built student accommodation is an important element of Rebuilding Ireland, the Government’s housing strategy. To date, 2,687 additional bed spaces have been provided since the launch of Rebuilding Ireland. As of end March, 2018, there were an additional 5,842 bed spaces actively being built, with over 2,570 of these due to come on stream for the 2018/2019 academic year and almost 3,270 the following year.
