Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I must accept the point the Minister of State is making. Will he clarify the timescale in case there is a possibility to look at this issue again? We should as a matter of policy have a definition of "further education". The Minister of State makes the point that this will be done as part of the national strategy. As a matter of policy, however, there should be such a definition. We should be able to come up with a vision of it, particularly when reports such as the one on lifelong learning and so on are available. There is further education and we know what we have. I feel uncomfortable, therefore, that we do not have in the Bill a definition of "further education".