Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

From the point of view of accessing assets for the purpose of sending someone to college, a fixed asset like a piece of machinery or property could only be used for educational purposes if it was sold. That seems to be a contradiction. This is my personal opinion and I am not a professional economist or accountant, but I am making a distinction of capital above and beyond what would be required. By capital, I mean cash. A certain minimum of money reserves would be required to run a business of a cyclical nature.