Mr. Ian McKenna:

While acknowledging the increase in numbers going to Scotland and so on, to which the Senator has referred, there is a caveat I would attach to that. The time period for which that data were gathered was up to 2020 to 2021. From 2021 onwards, Scotland will be charging Irish students, whereas previously they were not charged. That may start influencing some of the statistics on the numbers heading over to Scotland. We just have to wait and see.