Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 November 2020
301. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the arrangements that have been made to ensure that students from Northern Ireland will continue to be treated as previously in Irish universities post Brexit as far as fees and so on are concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/20]
View answerIn keeping with the Memorandum of Understanding on the Common Travel Area which was signed by the Irish and UK Governments in July 2019, students from Northern Ireland attending higher education institutions here will continue to be treated on the same basis as Irish students for the purposes of fees and access to SUSI grants.
Arrangements are being put in place to support this position after the conclusion of the Transition Period on 31st December 2020, including processing an amendment to the Student Support Act 2011 as part of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (consequential Provisions) Bill, 2020.
