Ladas Property Company wants to build them in Maynooth.
An Bord Pleanala is adjudicating on proposals for scores of new homes in North Kildare.
Ladas Property Company Ltd has begun a strategic housing development consultation with the national planning authority.
It with respect to its plans for 120 apartments and a creche on land adjacent to and to the rear of St. Mary's Church on Mill Street.
An Bord Pleanala is scheduled to issue a decision on August 23rd.