Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Ian McKenna:

It is also important to note there is a new EU programme, PEACEPLUS, coming down the tracks. That is going to open things up, especially for the situation the Senator described about the broader framework or supports that can enable people from marginalised groups or people with low participation to improve their prospects, especially with respect to skills and so on. It is going to be a while. I think they hope to launch the call later in March and it will be September before there is any conclusion, so I do not mean it is a slow burner but it will be towards the tail end of this year before we start seeing the projects that emerge from that. We have encouraged that education and training providers North and South would participate and work jointly together to enable them to address some of those issues.

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