Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Reference was made to passports and when a student produces an Irish passport. We had a delegation over from the United States, all of whom were emigrants working in the medical devices and pharmaceutical area. They are Irish citizens who brought their children to the US where they have been promoted into senior positions. Their children, who hold Irish passports, have to pay full non-EU fees if they wish to attend an Irish university. It strikes me that if the UK becomes a third country and a child from the UK who holds an Irish passport comes here to study, he or she will be treated the same as an Irish child living here. I am not sure how the witnesses feel about that.