Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has finalised the agreement with colleges in the UK to ensure that Irish students do not have to pay higher fees or be considered as international students if they apply to UK colleges for courses, including postgraduate courses for 2021 to 2022, due to Brexit. [43552/20]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with the principles Common Travel Area, Irish students pursuing their higher education studies in the UK will not be treated as International students for fee purposes.

Officials in my Department are currently engaged in intensive discussion with their counterparts in the Devolved Administrations in the UK with a view to finalising the fees to be charged to Irish Students, reflective of the overall architecture of the Common Travel Area.

A final position has not yet been reached for 2021/ 2022 onwards, but I am very conscious of the need to provide certainty as soon as possible to Irish students considering their options and my officials are working with their UK counterparts on that basis.