Kevin Humphreys (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I believe there should be a kind of educational voucher that an early schoolleaver can cash in at a later stage of life. They should be able to say: "I did not cost the State by going to college but at some stage I can cash in my educational voucher to possibly increase my wage." If there was that type of voucher system which someone could cash in to a value of €4,000 or €5,000, would that be a huge benefit to someone like Mr. Power? I am an early school leaver and I left at 16 as well. It is a barrier to getting back to education because people have to take quite a large financial hit at some stage.