Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

Some 18% of students are not staying on at school, and the Minister is doing nothing to tackle that. There is a real need for an alternative, and if one looks at such exciting projects as XLC in Waterford and sees the work that it has been doing — Deputy O'Sullivan mentioned others — one sees that a difference can be made. The Minister's solution last night when interrupting my speech was to call the gardaí. That must be a last resort and not simply a throwaway remark——

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