John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

How best to allocate the money, be it to higher education and so forth, will be part of the consultation process. I know the Senator has a great interest in this so I would value her contribution to the consultation process in respect of how she believes it should be spent. After the consultation process this will come back to the Houses for discussion. I urge the Senator to let the consultation proceed. I probably have almost the same view as the Senator as to how the funding should be spent. It is a balance of skills, apprenticeships, higher education and so forth. I ask the Senator to wait for the consultation process to conclude, after which I will refer back to her.