Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

All I know is €1.007 billion was put into third level institutions from the Department in 2018 but, for 2019, it is proposed to put in €991.926 million. A cut is a cut. Funding has been received from employers and the Department thinks it does not have to pay that amount. It is breaching the trust that employers have placed in the Department. Let us be fair as they did not object to this additional levy that they had to pay on behalf of employees.