Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)
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I have what is a comment more than anything else. In the past four years, with the development of the higher education portfolio or Ministry, pathway 4 was created. It was for people with disabilities or additional needs who never got the opportunity to go to third level. An access programme like the one our guests have mentioned was created. Every university had the opportunity to offer 20 places to allow participants to sample, taste and experience. This is on a permanent footing. We should be looking for something equal to this on both sides because the people fortunate to get on pathway 4, whether in Galway or Limerick, find the opportunities transformative at the other end.