Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is no problem at all.

Last but not least, I thank the Deputy for acknowledging and recognising that we are unravelling the cuts that were made. I am well aware that if I was to unravel them, I would need to bring it back up to €146, which is what it was. As already stated, it would probably be premature to say anything given that I am in negotiations for the budget but I think she knows where my head is at with regard to that and I will keep working on it.

As I mentioned to Deputy Brady earlier, the children's allowance is a universal payment. If we were to change it to extend it to people who are in full-time primary education regardless of their age until they do their leaving certificate, first of all, there would be a sizeable amount of money associated with that. Second, it would not-----