Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I am not saying that the student body in this country would not be sufficiently competent. That should not be taken to be my response. This appeal board will probably only meet on an odd occasion. It will be a small board composed of experts. Most of those experts would have been students at one time; otherwise they would not be experts as they would generally require a third level education.

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