I have seen many mean Government cutbacks in my day, but one of the meanest of all has to be that involving the decision to axe the rehabilitative training allowance of €31.80 per week which was mainly used by young school leavers with disabilities to go to training centres. When the Government axed the allowance, it also axed the travel and lunch money of those young people. There is outrage among trainees and staff in the National Learning Network Centre in Hollyhill, County Cork, and similar centres across the country. Will the Government reverse this cutback and bring in the necessary legislation to do so?

I do not think Deputy Barry has the correct information. The payment has not been axed. Anyone who was receiving the payment still receives it. However, new entrants to rehabilitation programme are no longer eligible for it. There was an inequality, in that some people were in receipt of the allowance while others who were doing similar courses elsewhere were not. It is not a cutback. The money is being reallocated.

The Taoiseach is splitting hairs.

The Deputy always shouts a Minister down when he knows that he himself as not quite told the full truth. The €3.7 million being saved due to this change is being put back into disability services, specifically to provide 140 additional full day placements for people with disabilities who need them and 370 enhanced day places. The reallocation is ending an inequality and putting more money into services.