Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 January 2024
587. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 19 October 2023, where it was stated that "the total stock of purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) equates to over 48,000 beds (Q2 2023)"; the source for this figure; the breakdown of publicly owned versus privately owned PBSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4261/24]
View answerThe figures provided in Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 19 October 2023 were based on Q3 2023 not Q2 2023 as stated in the answer to the original question.
The first National Student Accommodation Strategy, published in 2017, reported that there were circa 33,441 existing student accommodation beds. Building Information Ireland provides monthly reports to the Higher Education Authority regarding the construction of student accommodation. The September report indicates that 14,530 student accommodation beds have been built since 2017.
Data collected from individual universities in December 2023, indicate that there are 15,521 public purpose built student accommodation beds. Of these, 1,021 publicly funded beds were completed in 2023, 674 in UG, 80 in UL, 9 in TCD, 3 in MIC and 255 in UCC.
|
PBSA beds |
DCU |
TCD |
UCC |
UCD |
UL |
UG |
MU |
SETU |
MIC |
Total |
|
Existing |
1,455 |
1,843 |
1,536 |
4,154 |
2,934 |
1,891 |
1,146 |
426 |
136 |
15,521 |
