We have three remaining Deputies. I will take 30-second questions from them because we are out of time. I call Deputy Collins.

Cancer Connect is a free service for patients who travel by bus or car to Cork hospital, including people requiring radiotherapy, chemotherapy and related cancer treatments. The service started in 2011 and now covers all of Cork county with 430 voluntary drivers. Cancer Connect is about to mark its 13th anniversary, recording over 50,000 passenger journeys to date. The company is fully reliant on community donations, which is unfeasible. It is struggling to budget for 2024 effectively without an income secured. It needs €100,000 per annum from Government, which will represent 40% of expenditure. It is still committed to recouping the remaining 60%. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, announced €3 million in funding to community cancer support centres in November. We have continuous promises in west Cork from a TD but will the Taoiseach tell us how much community cancer support funding Cancer Connect will receive?

The Department of Education has reduced the criteria for the allocation of special education teacher hours and removed the complex needs criteria from the calculation. Some 76% of principals of primary schools say the 2024-25 allocation does not meet the needs of children for the upcoming academic year and is wholly inadequate, while 37% reported a decrease in their allocations despite evidence that classrooms have a higher number of children with additional needs than ever before. How are these cuts in the best interest of children with complex needs who will regress if they do not get the right supports at the right time? How do the cuts correlate with recent advice in the National Council for Special Education's policy document on working towards an inclusive education?

Significant funding has been provided by the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, for a voucher scheme so people who are deaf can purchase sign language interpreters for essential private and personal issues. Unfortunately, the Citizens Information Board has suspended the scheme with immediate effect, causing significant concern and worry for people who are deaf and the Irish Deaf Society. Will the Minister intervene with the Citizens Information Board to ensure a constructive outcome from this engagement?

I am afraid I do no have the information Deputy Collins asked for. That sounds like a very good service and I will ask the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, to come back to him directly during the week.

On Deputy Clarke's question, I am advised there has been a change to the special education teacher allocation model. However, there are not cuts. There is an increase of 1,000 special education teachers to 14,600. While some schools will see a decrease in the number of hours, 67% of schools will see an increase in their allocation.