Mr. Jimmy Deenihan:

Yes. I totally agree with the Deputy. There seems to be a lot more people travelling north than coming south. I know that some northern people come to Trinity, but a number of people I know go to Belfast to do master's degrees or whatever else. There does not seem to be the same flow to the South. That could be part of our strategy. The international student strategy is very strong. I am not saying that people coming from Northern Ireland are international students, but it is a very important point and I will advise the people doing the strategy that they might include that interchange between the North and the South as part of the strategy. There was a famous project that did not turn out too well, the Jeanie Johnston. It can be seen in front of the emigration museum. It was supposed to wind up in Kerry but wound up in the Dublin docklands, which is great as they are looking after it very well. That was an example of North-South co-operation. Young apprentices came down from east Belfast, for example, who had never been south before. They worked with people from west Belfast. They came down and worked together with the young people of Kerry and other parts of Ireland and it was a huge success, but there have been very few similar examples since the Jeanie Johnstonwas built. I agree totally with the Deputy. I think it will be very much part of TUs' approach in the future to attract students from and to collaborate with the northern universities, the Ulster universities, in promoting that. Dr. Prendergast would probably have very strong views on this.