Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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Finally, by 2015 it will amount to €150 per year and this amounts to €600 over four years. The cost of this to the parent, or whoever is funding it, in 2015 will be €600. Yesterday, I referred to a garda who did not have enough money to buy himself a decent dinner and he was eating a cheese toastie. I am sure most parents will do whatever they can to find the €600. Does the Minister think €600 will not make a difference to that garda at the margin and make people change their behaviour?