Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A long campaign has been waged by various stakeholders in that cohort of students. We have done a lot of work. We spend a lot of our time speaking about apprenticeships and higher education but part of our remit is research. We have reformed significantly the legislation and organisations that oversee and are charged with managing our research as well as with supporting people through stipends. It is something that had fallen behind. We have taken some significant steps to close the gap there.