Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I stated no decision has been made and we are waiting for the Oireachtas committee to come back on the matter. We will examine it. Deputy Broughan said funds were cut by a third. I am not sure it was quite a third but they were certainly cut severely. I wish to put on the record that numbers have grown in our third level sector. I thank the colleges that took in students and educated them while needing to have bigger classes. I understand that situation. No decision has been made and we will certainly consider the issue. I am able to do the compound interest calculation and I taught it in schools.

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