Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Certainly not. I wish to correct the Deputy's statement. In the leaving certificate cohort of 2007, some 35,900 were under the age of 18 and 14,000 were 18 years. Many of those would have turned 18 between April and June of that year so, in effect, they would have completed their second level education. That is not completing education, which I fully accept. The Deputy is also incorrect to state the vast majority of people are dropping out of school. The completion rates in school are now 86%, which is also very——

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