Mr. Tony Donohoe:

It is both. There is something called the Bologna process, which looks at aligning frameworks but we were very far ahead of the curve on this, as was Scotland. England and Scotland are slightly different on this. It is happening at EU level but it had been happening on a bilateral level anyway. City and Guilds is very active in the Republic, for example, and many professional bodies, including accountancy and engineering bodies, deal with qualifications which are aligned across international professions. Without being complacent about it, I am relatively optimistic that we have our ducks in a row.