Mr. Paul Lemass:

My colleagues from the HEA would have the better statistics, but I think all CAO applicants, or the vast majority of them, got one of their top three choices, so I do not think any presence of students from abroad is impacting on the ability of Irish students to get places in college. When it comes to the actual scaling of the demand, I reassure the Deputy that the models we are developing will include all sources of demand on registered courses, whether the student happens to be from Ireland, the EU or elsewhere internationally. The full demand will be captured.