Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

As Deputies know, I am usually committed to the back to education concept for everybody, particularly those who are most vulnerable and those on social welfare. One of the few positive features of the live register published yesterday was the 24% increase in the number of people availing of back to education provisions. The fact there may be more at second level rather than third level is reflective of the vulnerability of that particular group.

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