Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would like to see statistics on the correlation between guidance teachers and levels of attrition in third level colleges. When there were throngs of guidance counsellors in every school, the attrition rates were equally high. If I were to generalise, taking up on Senator Craughwell's generalisation, I would say mammies and daddies have more to do with the choice of university subject than the young people themselves. The correlation the Senator makes is very spurious.

If we look at the Finnish example, they put huge resources into guidance.