Ms Helen Lowry:

Our submission shows the numbers affected. Over 22,000 non-EU young people are in secondary school. That is quite a high number. A parliamentary question to the Minister for Justice and Equality provided the information that more than 2,192 non-EU nationals between the ages of 16 and 18 are currently registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau. This is the most relevant number. The registration with GNIB means they are still dependent on the immigration status of their parents. If this number is divided between those aged 16, 17 and 18, those in the leaving certificate cycle, this is a total of 730 students a year.