Senators Keane and Zappone referred to the application of prior learning and how that would be recognised and to the savings that will be generated by these proposals. Senator Ó Domhnaill welcomed the decision in which I took an active part to retain the NUI. A key element in the internationalisation strategy for Irish education is a college with a national reputation. We are dealing with parts of the world, for example, the Middle East, which are quite statist in their approach. The Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland is recognised and validated by the NUI. The NUI provides a benchmark, quality and comfort that we should not jettison because it no longer applies in the way it did in 1909 when colleges were established.