Dr. Ciarán Mac an Bhaird:

What is a difficult argument for us to make is that this is not a cost. Each institution would have an amount of money that they are losing per student who drops out and that is for each year of their degree. If you save one student, that is a certain amount for that year. We cannot say that we are the reason but evidence points out that quite often, we make a difference. If this is multiplied by three, four or five for the five years, it more than pays for itself. While money is going out, not as much is being lost as otherwise would have been the case.