Mr. Paul Hannigan:

One thing mentioned by the Chairman at the beginning was the impact of Brexit. While there is a lot of talk about Brexit and the possible opportunities arising for higher education, I, coming from a Border college, believe we need to be very conscious of this. We have staff who live in Northern Ireland travelling to the Republic daily to work. Similarly, we have students crossing the Border daily. My concern over Brexit is that while there will be a political and macro solution to this, irrespective of the time it takes, the communities on the Border will still be in some way disadvantaged by this. There is no other way around it. It will have a disproportionate impact on some of the institutions we have. While I accept there are opportunities, there will definitely be a downside in some cases.