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

-----exactly, there is an ideological basis as to why people from different countries would have different choices. Will that issue be considered in the report? The participation rate in third level was properly mapped with the Clancy reports but the last proper report only looked at 2004. The latest report by the HEA is only partial, it is not anything like the Clancy reports. They showed in 2004 that after the abolition of third level fees, every group increased its participation rate. We do not have figures after that period. The HEA information is not up to scratch as far as I can see. I am not criticising it but it has not done the job that used to be done and that is needed to get the full picture. I saw a report in the newspaper of an EU rating. Apparently it suggested that teaching was losing ground. Singapore was ranked first in The Sunday Timesbut there is a new EU rating. I understand it suggested that in Ireland, teaching was losing ground.