Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

They are the solution. They were splendid this morning, as you know, a Chathaoirligh. I will vote in favour of allowing 16 year olds to vote if the people we had in this morning are representative of young people in this country. Empire builders and public relations people in universities and IBEC do not seem to think when they make disparaging and snide remarks about the standard of young people in this country. I wish that to be on the record of the day because the previous remark could not be corrected at the time it was made. The heads of Irish universities gave a wrong impression. Most of them have long left the lecturing hall and do not really know what is going on. The present generation is a credit to this country and their families.