Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that very much. I recognise what the Minister of State said. On the final point he made, I wonder whether the funding is sufficient to deal with the issue, which is now so prevalent in society. In the past few years, individual incidents have been talked about. Usually, we remember them for a few days and then move on as a society, but I feel that we are not moving on at the moment. That is only a good thing, as far as I am concerned. If we are not moving on, there is an onus on the Department to examine the funding stream and determine what else can be done to support safety on campus and the ambition set out in the programme, which, of course, I welcome. I do not really need a response on this matter but request that the Department consider it seriously in the context of future budgets.