Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

In life, not everybody is happy with all the decisions they must make. I have done my utmost to target the scheme and ensure it is guaranteed and will facilitate people with a second level education and a third level primary degree, the initial reason the scheme was set up. It was to allow people into the market.

I agree with the Senators that many have taken huge personal initiatives. I appreciate that not many of us in this House would savour going back to education and being in a class of 18 and 19 year olds. The man about whom Senator Ulick Burke spoke would be better off to have a job in the summer. He would get family income supplement because he has six dependants and would be better off in a practical sense than on the money he would get under the—