Mr. Philip Connolly:

It would not be for SUSI to make that judgment. That covers most of the Deputy's questions. The other question she asked involved the residency requirement of three out of the past five years. Again, that is what we are required to apply. The requirement in the Act is that students must be resident in Ireland or the EU for three out of the past five years and we apply that requirement as favourably as possible and work with the student if he or she is having difficulty in providing documentary evidence. We are as flexible as possible with regard to that aspect but we are obliged to put that requirement in place.