Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address matters raised (details supplied) regarding students from the North wishing to study in universities in the South; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42688/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I recently have written to the Irish Universities Association regarding the matters raised by the Deputy. As she will appreciate, decisions regarding acceptance are a matter for each institution.

For this reason, I welcome the establishment of an expert working group, under the auspices of Universities Ireland (chaired by Professor Pól Ó Dochairtaigh, Deputy President and Registrar, University of Galway) to examine the question of equivalencies for A levels. I have a keen interest in the outcomes of this working group, and officials from my Department are available to support the work of this group if required.