The Minister made the point that anyone over the age of 15 should be capable of summoning help in the case of an emergency, which seems to be a reasonable assumption. However, will the Minister also accept that there are 140,000 people of 15 years of age and over up to the age of 18 in school? A total of 98 per cent of 18 year olds are doing the leaving certificate and for eight hours a day, five days a week, eight months of the year, these people are absent from the home but, because technically these people are sleeping at home, the parents are disqualified from this scheme. Will the Minister agree that there would seem to be valid grounds for extending the conditions in this case?

The Deputy is talking about a considerable extension of the scheme to include families with children up to the age of 18 instead of 15. That would have significant budgetary implications and would have to be considered in that context.