Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

There are a number of ways that can be managed. The institutions themselves can engage in the regional clusters that the Higher Education Authority, HEA, has established so that they can work together to respond to employer needs rather than work against each other. The primary way for the State to intervene is through the performance dialogue with the institutions. This has now been initiated and under way for a couple of years. The HEA has a consultation in progress in this area which is examining performance-based funding and so on. Aspects of that issue could arise in that context.