Dr. Lisa Keating:

The Senator asked about the numbers of students moving, about which Mr. Purser will answer. On researchers, approximately 30% of researchers in Irish universities are non-Irish. We encourage that number to grow. As we said before, Brexit is an opportunity to attract in new talent, which is a positive thing. However, Germany, the Scandinavian countries, France and Spain are doing the same. They all also see this as an opportunity. SFI has various programmes to attract the top talent. In many cases, the initiative and mechanisms are there, as is the willingness of the universities and funders. Our difficulty is the funding is not there to make it happen. That is the challenge we face. Attracting top talent in academics and researchers is one of the very few opportunities we have from Brexit. That brings more in terms of European leveraged funding and then potential foreign direct investments, FDIs, are more interested in moving here and working here.