Mary O'Rourke (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)

I thank Deputy Deenihan. I think it was Deputy Durkan who gave him a warning look to let him know he had better amend his sentence. I remember the blossoming of finance for third level institutions in 1990, the year of our European Presidency, when the Minister of State's dear father, Charles Haughey, was the Taoiseach, and I was Minister for Education. At that time the ERASMUS student exchange programme was also established. I always get a great kick out of meeting young people who say they have been on the ERASMUS programme, whether in Florence or anywhere else. What a wonderful idea. Students are meant to travel.

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