Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

My thanks to the Minister - I was not expecting to get time back - I am delighted to hear that. We have been experiencing brain drain in the south east for generations. Some 59% of our people leave the region for university. Our tax returns and any other metric that we care to mention, including pro rataGDP, show that these people are not coming back to us until their mid 40s. We are losing a whole generation. This TUSE project is absolutely essential. I want our young people to be educated in our region and to contribute to where they have grown up. The capital investment is welcome. I hope to work with the Minister on delivering this project for the south east.