Mr. Kieran Christie:

I suppose I will start off with the word "accelerated" because that word was introduced midstream by the then Minister, Deputy Foley. There was a schedule of implementation of senior cycle reform. At a particular point - the date escapes my memory - the Minister, Deputy Foley, announced one Tuesday morning on "Morning Ireland" that she was accelerating it. The problems that acceleration has caused are monumental, quite frankly. We are not arguing for a four-year delay but we are pointing out that the training schedule is a four-year training programme. The first two are already up and running, as I mentioned in my speech.