Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

North-South Student Mobility: Discussion

Photo of Mairead FarrellMairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If the State, Government, universities, or whoever it may be, wished to feed into students, that could work though the social media platforms of the three organisations before the committee today, as they have a bigger reach among the age group we wish to target. I believe that is something we could put forward.

As for the timing of university places being announced, it is a massive issue and I believe everybody agrees on that. It is not a new issue and it is something that needs to be pushed.

Accommodation is another major issue. When I was at Queen's University Belfast a few months ago, accommodation was an issue that repeatedly came up. The university is seeing more people going to Belfast from counties such as Louth and Dublin because of the accommodation issue. As for the flipside of this, I wish to ask Mr. Irfan how people feel when they look to go to the North to study, as that can be planned more because university places are not announced as late. Has this come up for the ISSU?

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