Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

What I am saying is very simple. Students who would go ahead and complete school if personal issues were dealt with and students who would make the right choice when going into third level education will not now have the supports that were available heretofore. Many of them will make wrong choices and more children will leave school early. The consequences of that are both personal and national. On the personal level it has implications for something that all Members of the House strive for, that children get the best possible opportunity in life and that we particularly support those from disadvantaged backgrounds to break the cycle of disadvantage.

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