Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

Progress has been made on the guidance issue. The Government committed further investment in the budget which will give rise to increased investment in increased numbers of guidance counsellors in September 2017. There are further commitments in the programme for Government, which the Government will look at in the context of the next two budgets covered by the programme. Effectively, it is a three year commitment in the programme for Government and one third of the remaining commitment was returned in this budget.