Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

UCC Students’ Union was here last week and presented a very well put together cost-of-living report. It was academically reviewed and done very professionally. One thing that struck me is there was an academic – I apologise as I forget his name – who was from the business department who talked about the numbers of students now who must work in order to meet the payments. Obviously, many people historically worked, but it was the number of hours that was of particular cause of concern to him. He gave examples of students who were working for 20 hours a week or so. How common is that? What impact does it have on the education of the student?