Child benefit will never be enough. No Government could ever give enough money to enable mothers to do all that they might want for their children, but the increases in 2002 bring the investment in child benefit to €1.44 billion, three times the 1997 figure. We saw an increase in the two child benefit rate of over €79 and €98 respectively in recent years. Such a level of increase is record breaking and I appeal to the Minister, whom I hope we all support in her negotiations with the Department of Finance, to ensure the final third increase, as initiated by her predecessor, Deputy Dermot Ahern, is paid in the forthcoming budget. I also plead with her to stand her ground and ensure there is no taxation of this payment which goes to the heart of the family and has benefited both women and their families for years. Any derogation in its effectiveness is not something over which we could stand. I strongly believe we could not contemplate either a reduction in the expected increases or taxation of these payments.