Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will make a brief supplementary point. Mr. Anderson is right to locate this as being not only an economic and academic matter, but also an issue of citizens' rights. Consider the context of the Good Friday Agreement, strand two, everything else that has been agreed and Article 2 of the Constitution. This crazy situation affects someone from Dublin who attends Queens University Belfast to study and get a particular qualification before returning home and someone from Belfast who attends a college in Dublin, Cork or Galway before going home. It is not only another anomaly that has been presented by Brexit, but also a live predicament for a range of people that runs contrary to the spirit of many agreements, not just the one or two that we often cite in these discussions. It is important for us to remember that, while we have understandably and legitimately focused on the trade and economic aspects of this situation, it also infringes on our rights as citizens and to be part of the Irish nation and will affect others in future.