Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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First of all, we built additional moneys into the base within the Department. The Acting Chair will be aware of that in the context of apprenticeships and, as I said earlier, future funding and closing the identified gap there of €307 million. We have closed that gap by €100 million over a two-year time span. As in any Department, there are competing asks and demands. The €1,000 reduction is part of the cost-of-living measures-----