Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I should put on record that it is not that we are not going to discuss the graduate scheme but rather that the request came in last November from Mr. Doran that the committee would discuss this particular report. We were very happy to facilitate that request. I do not want people to think we are shying away from any discussion but the specific request was that we discuss this report. To be fair to the committee members, we agreed that this topic would be the sole item on our agenda today. It is an important report and that is why we facilitated this discussion in early January.