Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for that important clarification. According to the figures from the HEA for 2017 and 2018, only 130 students from the Six Counties are studying in the South, which seems to be an appallingly low figure. Is that something the Minister would examine? Perhaps he can check whether that is an accurate figure. To my mind, it seems very low.

We should encourage more students to move in this direction. The fact that there will be financial supports for them is vitally important. How does the Minister intend to support a plan to have more students come here? I would like to hear his thoughts on that. It is not the basis of the question, but it is something he could think about.

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