Mary Moran (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I too will be brief. I thank the delegates for their excellent presentation and briefing documents. I too concur. I was very surprised to learn that there is no funding available for cross-Border projects under PEACE IV. This is an issue we should look at. I very much welcome the comments because County Louth, my county, is similar to Deputy Brendan Smith's and borders the North. I am well aware of the economic difficulties, particularly in an area like Dundalk, a gateway town.

Following on from Deputy Kitt's point on education, I understand the course requirements and the assessments of academic achievement has a bearing on movement in education North and South. We are aware that the maximum number of points awarded in the South for an A level is 350, so there is an issue of the courses for which a student from the North are eligible. Dundalk Institute of Technology, DkIT, is an excellent college that has blossomed but there are more students from China studying in Dundalk than from the North. There is a great deal of work to be done in that regard. Could the delegates advise us on what more we can do to publicise the fact that DkIT is in Dundalk? Information on the opportunities for students to study in these colleges in the South, which are on their doorstep, does not seem to travel to the North.