Mr. Nick Henderson:

In terms of a timeline, The Irish Timesreported in mid-May that the Department was considering giving Ukrainian students access to SUSI and providing that they would not have to pay international fees and would be eligible for State grants. We warmly welcomed this, but in a follow-up letter to the Minister on 23 May, we said it should be considered for all people. The Minister's assistant came back to us to say our letter was under consideration. We asked to meet with the Minister. We hope that will happen in due course because this is an opportunity to make wider changes. It is a matter of equality and it is something for which we have advocated for many years. I do not think the numbers are that large, which should be borne in mind. That relates to SUSI, in particular.