{"id":1697,"date":"2021-10-11T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T15:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/keegans-condescending-comments-to-students-must-be-addressed-by-dcc\/"},"modified":"2021-10-11T16:55:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T15:55:19","slug":"keegans-condescending-comments-to-students-must-be-addressed-by-dcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/keegans-condescending-comments-to-students-must-be-addressed-by-dcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan’s Condescending Comments To Students Must Be Addressed by DCC"},"content":{"rendered":"

To see the crisis go unaddressed for a decade, while the Taoiseach flippantly states the issue cannot be addressed overnight, is deplorable<\/strong><\/p>\n

Social Democrats Councillors on Dublin City Council have called for a special meeting of the local authority to be convened to address dismissive and condescending comments, made by Chief Executive Owen Keegan to UCD Students\u2019 Union, about the student accommodation crisis.<\/p>\n

Cllr. Cat O\u2019Driscoll said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked and disappointed to read the dismissive and condescending comments, by Dublin City Chief Executive Owen Keegan, in response to a letter from University College Dublin Students\u2019 Union about the student accommodation crisis in Dublin.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeegan wrote \u201c\u2026if you genuinely believe that excess profits are being made in the PBSA market I am surprised the Students Union has not entered the market itself and provided lower cost accommodation for its members\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Social Democrats Dublin City Councillors submitted an Emergency Motion to the October Council meeting which was not accepted, and proposed student accommodation as a topical issue for the meeting, which did not get the two-thirds majority to be put to the floor.<\/p>\n

“As a Students\u2019 Union Officer ten years ago, I saw the student accommodation crisis begin and campaigned for vulnerable students to be supported. To see the crisis go unaddressed for a decade, and the Taoiseach flippantly state the issue cannot be addressed overnight, is deplorable.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo address the comments of Owen Keegan, and the continuing crisis of student accommodation in the city, we have requested a special meeting of Dublin City Council in accordance with Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore we believe Dublin City Council should be led by a directly elected Executive Mayor instead of administrators who cannot be held to account.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ends<\/p>\n

11 October, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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