Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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I asked that question. I was speaking about our capacity. In 2016 there were 14,000 Irish students between the UK and Northern Ireland. If we had to absorb them into our system, I would have concerns about our capacity to do that and also about the shortage of student accommodation. That was the question.