Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 February 2021
555. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the most recent data his Department has on the breakdown between purpose-built student accommodation in the private market and on campus are from 2014; his plans to update this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7981/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe latest available figures on supply and demand in the student accommodation sector, including the breakdown between private and university-owned accommodation, was published in 2017 and used data from 2014. My Department also tracks new developments in student accommodation, with the breakdown in the number of bed spaces completed in the private and HEI-owned sectors since 2016 available in the table below.
|
Year |
Private |
HEI-owned |
Total |
|
2016 |
478 |
650 |
1128 |
|
2017 |
1478 |
0 |
1478 |
|
2018 |
2100 |
429 |
2529 |
|
2019 |
2961 |
250 |
3211 |
|
2020 |
2396 |
0 |
2396 |
|
Total |
9413 |
1329 |
10742 |
My Department will publish a further report on supply and demand in the student accommodation sector in due course, however at present the demand for student accommodation is in flux due to the coronavirus and the level of demand for student accommodation, at least in the short term, remains uncertain.
