779 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has had a bilateral meeting with his Northern Ireland counterpart, the Minister for Employment and Learning, following a meeting on 16 February 2010 of the IBEC-CBI Joint Business Council and Universities Ireland at which concerns were raised in relation to the low numbers of undergraduate students crossing the Border to undertake studies in the other jurisdiction; if his attention has been drawn to the low number of Northern Ireland undergraduates attending universities here due to the variation in the evaluation of the leaving certificate examination results here and the A level examinations which apply to final year secondary school pupils in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom; if these matters have been discussed by his officials with the Higher Education Authority here and with their counterparts in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13028/10]

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779 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has had a bilateral meeting with his Northern Ireland counterpart, the Minister for Employment and Learning, following a meeting on 16 February 2010 of the IBEC-CBI Joint Business Council and Universities Ireland at which concerns were raised in relation to the low numbers of undergraduate students crossing the Border to undertake studies in the other jurisdiction; if his attention has been drawn to the low number of Northern Ireland undergraduates attending universities here due to the variation in the evaluation of the leaving certificate examination results here and the A level examinations which apply to final year secondary school pupils in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom; if these matters have been discussed by his officials with the Higher Education Authority here and with their counterparts in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13028/10]

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