Martin Conway (Fine Gael)

I read with disappointment the report that we were dropping down the leader table of university rankings. God knows, it is not that the heads of departments, professors, presidents and so forth are not being paid enough. They are among the best paid, if not the best paid, university professors and presidents in the world. However, we are not getting the return. There is no point in throwing money at the problem. It would not be a bad idea to haul some of the people concerned in here and make them account for themselves.

I read with dismay a report in yesterday's Irish Independent that a child in Virginia, County Cavan, who suffers from cerebral palsy, still had not been accommodated in school, with the special dog that assists his mobility both at school and at home. The board of management of the school has refused access to the school for the dog. That is horrendous.