Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Are we happy to conclude? We have to meet in ten or 15 minutes for the announcement of the new Government, although I have been given a message that it could be postponed for an hour. We have covered sufficient ground today. During the course of the meeting I received an email from someone who has been watching the proceedings closely. It touched on a question I asked earlier but on which I am still not clear. It asked what the stipend was for and why the trainees were charged an additional amount for canteen and laundry services from their weekly allowance. I asked if some of the money had come from students, but I was told "No". However, there seems to be a view which I picked up in the media somewhere that they were paying some contribution out of their salary or wages for laundry services. Is that true or false? I am referring to the students.