Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills

1:55 pm

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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It would be unwise for me to go any further in this discussion, as the debate has not been concluded internally. It would be counterproductive and contradictory to force a business to close in order to send children to college. On what would those people live? It is a question of making a distinction between reserves of cash above and beyond what is necessary to run a business over the 12-month period.