Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I apologise for being late. I may have missed some of the presentations and questions so I apologise if I am repeating anything.

As with Senator Black, I was not very familiar with this area before now. I have a couple of questions. I want to pick up on the last point, on UCAS and the CAO. What would need to change for there to be a shift? Is it a matter for the Department of Education? Is it a job of work in the institutions? Is it a bit of both? What would need to change or move to open it up?

While I acknowledge we are talking about third level, I wish to refer to adult education and people who might not have finished school coming back to education. Will this sector be as impacted by Brexit as the sector the delegates have been talking about? Not everybody will be studying medicine or robotics. I had medicine very high on my list after my leaving certificate examinations but no one calls me "Doctor"; let us put it that way. I am interested in hearing a little about further education.