We are almost out of time. There are four contributors left, so with Members' co-operation I will let the four in but with reduced time because we are already over time.

I would like the Taoiseach to look at the promised cost-of-living reduction of €1,000 in third level fees. There is a cohort that is not going to get this reduction, namely, students who have to repeat a year. In many cases, these students are more economically vulnerable and may have to work part-time to keep themselves in college. Can the Taoiseach explain why this extraordinary step has been taken to exclude this cohort from the promised €1,000 reduction as a cost-of-living measure? Can he please look at granting this cohort that small amount of funding?

I wish to highlight the great work being done by Leitrim Volunteer Centre in providing a community car scheme to assist isolated and vulnerable people to attend hospital appointments, go to the pharmacy and pick up shopping etc. In fact, about 90% of all these trips are hospital appointments. It has become a go-to support system for the HSE with referrals from public health nurses and so on. The centre gets no funding of any kind. Could the Taoiseach bring this to the attention of the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Humphreys, and the HSE, to see if any support could be provided?

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for her indulgence. In the name of God and holy sense, will the Taoiseach look at what the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is proposing to do in January? He says that he will not sign the derogation with regard to farmyard burning and that farmers will not be able to burn gorse and wood material, clippings and material like that, which they have to burn-----

Is this in the yard?

-----on a yearly basis. This has been the case for many years. It is going to detrimentally affect family farms. The Minister's answer is that the farmers should mulch it. A mulcher needs diesel or petrol. I ask the Taoiseach to please look at this. How Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael backbenchers could support this is beyond me.

An Teachta Costello to conclude.

The energy charter treaty has proved itself to be a block to meaningful climate action. Country after country has either threatened to pull out or has pulled out of it. It is time Ireland did the same. Will the Government pull out of the energy charter treaty?

I thank the Deputy for his brevity.

With regard to Deputy Smith's question, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is examining the situation of repeat students. This is a cost-of-living measure. We are examining that and will come back to the House in respect of it.