Further and Higher Education
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-01
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

I send him all our best wishes. On student accommodation, I spoke to the president of the ATU, Orla Flynn, and the chair of the governing authority, Maura McNally, on this as recently as Monday. Before I was in Castlebar I met them in Galway. It is clear as a result of the Government decision yesterday that technological universities can and should prepare to submit plans for student accommodation in 2023. On Tuesday we allocated €1 million to the technological universities to bring in the capacity for any expertise they may need to develop those plans. I look forward to receiving an application from the ATU in 2023 for student accommodation.

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