Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Conway-Walsh and I are both committed to working on an all-island basis. I am very much committed to working with the Deputy in that regard. Nicola Sturgeon, however, did not tell the people of Scotland that she had to wait for Scottish independence to do what she did concerning fees. Deputy Conway-Walsh is asking me a question, but I am wondering when Sinn Féin, in government in Northern Ireland, is going to address the issue of Irish people on the island of Ireland having to pay €5,247 a year, deferring that through student loans and then coming out of college heavily indebted. I am telling the House that what this Government will not do is introduce a system of student loans similar to what, unfortunately, Sinn Féin and others are presiding over on this island. We will not do that. Regarding the specific issue regarding Limerick, I would be very happy to engage with the Deputy and I know she is going to send me the information.

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