Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Cross-Border Further and Higher Education Sectors: Discussion
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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I thank Mickey Brady for waiting patiently. Does he wish to contribute? I am afraid that we cannot hear him, I apologise.
At the heart of this is the support of the Administrations, North and South, the ministerial meetings and the county councils. There seems to be a lot of cohesion and working together. The opening statement referred to the brain drain and making it more attractive to young people to study and stay in the area. How big is the challenge? If this works, how would it look in ten years?