Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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The witnesses have a wider perspective on Brexit than simply education, but we are the education committee. I have spoken to a number of academics privately since the referendum on Brexit and since the beginning of the current Dáil. Some of them seem to believe a land of milk and honey awaits with Brexit in that Irish universities could access research funding that otherwise would go to the UK and that Ireland might be a more attractive place for UK academics. They believe that if more funding goes into third level, we will be able to hire more people to come here who otherwise would continue in the UK. Do the witnesses have any views on this?