Dr. Martin Gormley:

One of the places we need to start is with the mothers of Ireland. The value placed on a career such as that needs to be part of the home, because people often measure success now in terms of CAO points and university. That is the big issue. One of the things the career guidance people are doing, within the further education space, is working with the career guidance people in the post-primary space to try to make them fully aware of its advantages and the real career paths. However, it then needs the local school and further education service to educate the mothers of Ireland in particular, because, in many cases they are helping to guide the children within their homes as to where they are going, etc. That is not to say anything against the fathers but, in many rural communities-----