I join all colleagues in congratulating the two teams that have done us proud in the past few days. I am looking forward to the match on Sunday, in particular, and hope there will be a positive result, but regardless of the result, we will support our team. It would be nice to get back at France for the infamous hand ball incident.

Yesterday I met Mr. Kevin Donoghue, president of the USI. We spoke about its key issues and core requests. We, in Sinn Féin, stand with it in support of its key demands. It has simply asked for affordable third level education, but we do not have that in this country. Instead, we have hundreds of students dropping out of third level education because they cannot afford the registration fees. The USI has carried out a study of fees that shows almost nine out of ten students fear dropping out of college owing to financial reasons. Students are missing lectures and working during exam seasons just to scramble to get enough money together to pay their fees. The stress this puts on students is pushing them to breaking point, with three out of four students saying they have considered dropping out. The fear that these students live with is a direct result of regressive education cuts made by the last Government and, unfortunately, it appears to be continuing under the new Government. I ask the Leader to call the Minister for Education and Skills into the House to debate this important issue.