Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not going to make any apologies for cutbacks in recent years. They were absolutely built in by the troika in collaboration with the Government of which Deputy McConalogue was a member. I want to ensure we have a better system for the future. That is why I am fighting very hard for the budget this year. We will try to go back to many of these issues in the coming years when there is more money in the economy. Unfortunately, we have not got it now and have not had it for the past few years.

I am somewhat concerned by the scenarios members have described where students are being denied access to lockers and so on.