Seanad debates

Wednesday, 9 October 2002

I know most about the Trinity College access programme. I attended the certification ceremony in July. It was extraordinary, there was a very large cross section of people, some quite young and some quite a bit older and with good qualifications such as apprenticeships. Four of them had gained places in the university starting in October. I was walking out with a woman, her husband and two teenage children and pointed the way out through the Nassau Street gate. She told me that she wanted to walk around with her family for a while in order that she could show them where she would be studying. It was lovely to see someone so proud of the achievement. I have also met people who came from places like Dunshaughlin community school, where one person out of a year of several hundred went on to university. This area must be addressed and I am delighted to see the Minister doing so.

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