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    Un solo letto per gli studenti è uno spreco, dice il ministro dell’Istruzione superiore James Lawless


    Un solo letto per gli studenti è uno spreco, dice il ministro dell’Istruzione superiore James Lawless

    https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/01/08/one-bed-en-suites-for-students-wasteful-says-minister-for-higher-education-james-lawless/

    di clh595

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    1. clh595 on

      I know this is a paywalled article (and I don’t necessarily have an issue with shared bathrooms for student accommodation) but it’s the quote at the end of the article that just doesn’t sit right with me.

      “And I know students and maybe the Opposition don’t like to talk about those terms, but it is a reality, because who builds houses? Ultimately, pension funds build houses … the money that comes to build them is capital flooding the international markets looking for a home.“[Housing] is about international markets. It’s actually a spreadsheet in Zurich or New York or Antwerp, more so than a builder looking at a site in Longford or Roscommon, that’s actually deciding what happens here.”

      Doesn’t fill me with a lot of confidence that this issue is ever going to be resolved. There’s an ideological commitment to something that just doesn’t seem to be working anywhere across the world. I don’t know what the solution is – I know some have proposed a state building company, which would have it’s own challenges – but, like I said, this just didn’t sit right when I read it. They’re supposed to be focused on delivery but how can they ensure that when they’re hoping that the pension funds decide Ireland presents a good IRR for their money vs the entire international market?

    2. YungL1am on

      “If we have 10 individual rooms, and each gets an en suite, that seems quite wasteful to me. We could have probably 20 student beds in the same space, with maybe five shared bathrooms.”

      Only a man who has never seen the size of a student bathroom could claim you could fit 10 beds in the space saved from 5 bathrooms.

    3. EmiliaPains- on

      I’ve seen student accommodation and they’re basically prison cells without a toilet, is Ireland’s future academia who are supposed to lift Ireland forward supposed to live in what are glorified prison cells without the toilet?

      edit: to include the toilet part

    5. badpebble on

      One big room built of unpainted breezeblocks, and stack the bunks five high in long columns with guttered floors between to catch the waste. Every morning the fire sprinklers are set off for 10 seconds to wake and wash the wretched students.

      He knows people pay good money for these digs, right?

    6. FlorianAska on

      “who builds houses? Ultimately, pension funds build houses” is so fucking disgusting. Saying that being able to raise the rent every 3 years offers certainty is just an admission that these funds won’t build unless prices keep going up.

    8. SteveK27982 on

      Sure why not go further, barracks or dormitory style only, or maybe even squid games style

    9. Natural-Ad773 on

      I honestly don’t see an issue with a shared bathroom what fucking planet are we living on here?

      I never had my own en suite in college, always shared with between 2 and 4 people, it was no issue.

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