David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make an observation. Deputy Eric Byrne raised the academic issue. At the senior academic and research level, the interrelationship between Ireland and the US is vital. Traditionally, the difficulty has always been that the United States has commercial validation companies which it hires to give accreditation to degrees, but these companies frequently got things disastrously wrong. I hope that has been addressed. Better accreditation would help student exchanges.