Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and thank him for this outline on education. Having listened to him, I know he is passionate about it. Living on the Border, he has given him a great insight into the issues that are faced. I commend on the fact there will not be a change in the current co-operation in terms of students crossing the Border and travelling to the UK to college. Many of our students went abroad, came back and are in employment. It is important that status quois to be kept in place. The Minister's outline was very positive and I commend him and the officials in the Department on that. I received many calls from people who have family members in college in the UK or in the North and they were very concerned about fees so I commend the Minister in that regard.