Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

He advised me to go to the energetic young architects, Brian and Mary O'Carroll, in Roscommon, and I took his advice and learnt a great deal training and working with them over the years. I suppose I can say that Mr. Bill Finch, then principal of Roscommon vocational school at Lanesborough Street, Roscommon, gave me an opportunity to start on the ladder of employment. I can look back with satisfaction and state that it was a good recommendation, and I received good support. I want to place on record my thanks to him and all of the teachers in that school, including Mr. Frank Kenny, Mr. Michael Hopkins and Ms Nonie O'Rourke. I learned a great deal from them and others. I will not go through the full list, but I want to place on record that at least I know something about it and that I served as a member of the Roscommon Vocational Education Committee and as a member of the board of the Institute of Technology, Athlone.

A Fianna Fáil Government will always do right as far as education is concerned. I have confidence in the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey, and the Tánaiste, Deputy Coughlan, in bringing about the ultimate finality in this regard and that there will not be an inter-county squabble as far as location is concerned.