Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have one point that arose when Ms O'Donoghue talked about the need for a cross-Border initiative where students are able to cross both ways. One issue that comes up a lot at the moment is kids from the South going to the North. Regarding the subjects that funding is available for, there are many subjects out there that some kids have to go to the North for more than other people down South, and even across to the UK as well. Funding is not available. It is quite an issue, so Ms O'Donoghue might go back to higher education. An awful lot of parents contact us on and off. I had one three weeks ago. There is just no funding available for certain courses, so parents down South are paying for everything up North.