James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

I know how it works. I was on the Deputy's side of the table for a long time. It is hard to get it all in, but I will do my best.

Twenty-five thousand euro is a lot more than €16,000, which was there previously. There has been a 37% increase in the past year or two. We heard people and we increased the stipend. I secured Cabinet approval for National Training Fund moneys to be released to continue to progress that. The €25,000 stipend is there. I appreciate it is not as much as many would like, but it has to be seen in the context of fees being paid for the student on top of that. It is a tax-free stipend. No PRSI or PAYE is being paid on it. It is not quite like for like if we compare it with a worker, say, in the PAYE system who is then paying a number of deductions on top of that. I appreciate what the Deputy said, but it is more than it was and there are no deductions. On top of that,-----