Mr. Niall Cody:

There are also tuition fees. A range of other credits are available. We try to address these on our website. One of my colleagues will be on Newstalk tomorrow morning to talk about how easy and quick it is to claim. It is also free. There are many agents in this space who will do it for you but do so by retaining an element of your refund. We wonder why a straightforward PAYE taxpayer would pay somebody to do it. The other problem with some agents is that if, when they do the four years, one year involves a liability and they send in documents for the three that involve repayment, we block the repayment, leaving you trying to sort out the year for which you have a liability, holding things up.

Really interestingly, we have now developed a programme for transition year students on the basic things that need to be done. The first thing many transition year students will do will be to get a part-time job, which brings them into the net. It is a really interesting little programme that we have developed in conjunction-----