Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

What has the Government done? Why can it not lift the cap on PLC courses? The following statistics relate to three colleges in my city which do Trojan work in this area: Cork College of Commerce — number of applications, 3,500; number of PLC places, 1,940; number of unsuccessful applications, 1,655; Scoil Stiofáin Naofa, a tremendous college — number of applications, 2,765; number of PLC places, 600; number of unsuccessful applications, 2,165; and St. John's Central College — number of applications 4,500; number of PLC places, 1,200; number of unsuccessful applications, 3,300. These are three wonderful colleges in Cork. The Government has invested money in everything from PPARS, e-voting, Punchestown, the Bertie bowl, the back garden to the front door in Cork.