Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I shall follow on from the point that Senator Ruane made about fees. When English students come here to study and when Irish students go to England, they pay the same fees as their counterparts in both jurisdictions. Following Brexit, will English students be considered international students and be obliged to pay higher fees?

I want to ask about the recognition of qualifications. Students who study pharmacy in the UK or wherever must undertake a course in UCC which, on graduation, will lead to their qualifications being recognised. Will Brexit prevent a number of qualifications from being recognised? A number of nurses have been sent to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London to receive specific training to work in the national children's hospital. Will their UK qualifications be recognised here? Brexit will have an impact on fees for education and on the recognition of qualifications.