Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The overall context of students was mentioned in the address. It is the lowest proportion across the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland of working adults with a degree. It has got the lowest rate of adult literary and it has got the lowest amount, which is almost 17%, who have no qualifications, so that is a system that is failing all of the time. In what way does the system employed by the organisation present better that? How do the schools compare? Do the socio-economic backgrounds, from which people come, differ? Are they working class, middle class, a mixture of both or rural?