Marie Moloney (Labour)

In last year's budget, the Minister increased the registration fee for colleges, which is now known as the student contribution, to €2,000, but said that only one member of the family will have to pay the increased rate. In recent weeks, I have come across a number of families with two or more students in college who have had to pay €2,000 each. They have been advised that the way in which to reclaim the money is to do it through their tax by getting a rebate for it in their tax at 20%. Now, 20% of €4,000 equates to €800 and not €1,000 as it should be, so parents are losing out on 20% of their entitlement. I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Finance to introduce legislation to rectify the anomaly as quickly as possible or to come to the House and explain to us why he cannot do so.