Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the Government commitment to fund access for third-level students from the North of Ireland to the EU's Erasmus study abroad programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3988/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Due to the impact of travel restrictions during the pandemic, Erasmus funding through the British Council continues for Northern Ireland students to the end of the current academic year.

My officials have already been in touch with International Officers in Queens University Belfast and University of Ulster with a view to having revised mobility arrangements for students from Northern Ireland in place for August 2023.

Once the new procedures have been put in place, students will be advised accordingly.The Irish Government undertook that they would respond to concerns expressed by civic society in Northern Ireland about the impacts of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, and this is further evidence of this commitment.