Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael)
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That would be administration in the school or the actual college, so that a person could be dedicated, where it was that person's role to support the student and to work with employers who are willing to work and support those students with grant applications. This will need to be simplified; it should not be the case that an employer must pay upfront and then to wait for whatever weeks or months to draw down a grant. That should not happen.

I like what I hear, to be honest, and there is great potential in it. It is incumbent on us to try to put pressure on the Government to look at this. I would welcome a proposal to the committee so that we can look at it and discuss it again ourselves. There are great opportunities there and I know Ms Tonge can also see these very significant opportunities to work together.