Brendan Ryan (Labour)

It is for that reason that I know I will not test the limits of the Cathaoirleach's patience.

Many parents have children going into third level education for the first time in September. They do not know what their budget should be for next year and the Government will not tell them. This is the most urgent aspect of the matter. People are entitled to know what they will have to pay for their children's third level education next year. It may be fine for the Taoiseach and Ministers with enormous incomes to leave such things in a state of uncertainty. Ordinary people have to budget for such matters but the Government has left them floundering and in a state of uncertainty and I, therefore, move that we discuss this matter first this morning.