Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is a really good point. I have another question. A friend told me how when she was transitioning from school to third level that there was a massive improvement to access to supports. Why is that? She said the figures qualifying under the DARE scheme had dropped while she was in college. Is that still happening? She found there was a huge difference between school and college.

From what Ms Agbona said, she felt there was much more independence. I wonder why is that the case. I tend to deal more with third level than primary and post-primary so I wonder what the difference is.