Mary Ann O'Brien (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I will be very brief. I wish to say how much I enjoyed Mr. Connie O'Driscoll's and Mr. Patrick Duffy's presentation. I wish I had been Mr. Duffy's student at school because I would probably have ended up as an A student. Play makes a subject come alive and he brought it alive today. It engages the right and left sides of the brain. Albert Einstein described play as the greatest form of research and the easiest way for people to learn.

Our Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins, comes from Waterford where Hasbro, the board game company, is based. We have to help the witness go national with that board game. It is a gift for the young and is the easiest way to bring the whole subject alive for them. Well done to Patrick. He is an inspiration. I do not know if he will ever make a politician because he is an entrepreneur first. He will be in business before long.