Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will move to Deputy Donnelly's position, in which case the sum of €50 this year is not the issue, it is the payment of €50 this year, €50 next year and €50 the year after. Deputy Donnelly's position is that, over the coming three years, there will be an extra cost of €150 to a family and that it will prevent people from going to college. I do not accept that and I do not believe it.