Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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On behalf of the committee, I would like to welcome the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Simon Harris, and his officials. The Minister is here today to discuss the following: the key recommendations contained in the joint committee report entitled, The Future Funding of Higher Education; student accommodation; PhD candidate remuneration; North-South cross-Border enrolment and the key recommendations contained in the joint committee report entitled, North-South Student Enrolment in Tertiary Education; and the withdrawal of CORU accreditation for the applied social care course at Dublin Business School.

The format of the meeting is that I will invite the Minister to make a brief opening statement. This will be followed by questions from members of the committee. Each member has been allocated six minutes to ask questions and for the Minister to respond. The committee will publish the opening statement on its website following the meeting.

Before we begin, I want to remind members of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the House or an official by making him or her identifiable. The Minister has five minutes.