Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be very brief. First, I welcome the witnesses here this morning. I am inspired by them all. They are a credit to themselves and their families, and I compliment them on their campaign and the way they have organised themselves. It is fair to say there is something badly wrong with a system that holds such people back. I for one, and I am sure other members, will give serious consideration to their request. The number to which they referred, 200 students, seems minimal, and the cost of funding 200 people, if they are all on a par with the witnesses, would be a great investment for the State to make because we would get it back tenfold.