Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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There is a culture of not taking a risk. Parents encourage their children to get a secure job as an accountant or solicitor or whatever. Is there a cultural sense in Ireland in general that for people to become an entrepreneur and to use their imagination, they should do so at the side of having a real job? Is the perception that people should get a safe secure job and then, at night time, develop some other ideas? I have a sense of that from talking to parents. Often, their preference is for their children to get something nailed down and then at the weekends try to use their brain if they want. Is that picked up anywhere?