Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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I want to put a couple of questions, especially about students' working, which is something I am coming across more and more. When students are in college they should be in full-time education and focused on getting their degree or qualification but they are working one, two and three jobs in order to try to make ends meet. That is having a pretty severe impact on their education. Could I get a sense from the witnesses about where we are on that and if they feel it is leading to eventual burnout and dropout? That is what I hear, but I am not as close to the ground as the witnesses. Is that something they are coming across when people come to them? Is it a real issue that I am hearing about?