The former Minister, Deputy Woods, destroyed the morale of secondary level teachers, particularly members of the ASTI. That litany goes on and on. The current Minister has, in five months, surpassed what Deputy Woods did. His first strike was to increase college registration fees to €670. That came immediately prior to admission and many students had in no way prepared themselves for such a shock, nor had their parents. It is an unfair burden to ask any parent to bear. Many of them are at their wits end in trying to provide funding for their children's college education. The Government had not shown that it intended to increase the maintenance grant by such a derisory amount – 4% on a previously totally inadequate grant.