Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to go into the precise detail or to in any way mislead the Deputy. What we are trying to look at is whether households that have a farm or a small business have the capacity, based on those additional assets plus the income they derive from the utilisation of those assets, to fund education in a way that is different from or additional to that of a family where the only income is the PAYE income. We are trying to look at that in as sensitive a way as possible, having regard to the concerns that have been expressed in recent months but which were expressed very vociferously in the past as well when this matter was mooted.

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