Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

It is to the advantage of the Opposition that I am not making the report available.

With regard to Deputy Ó Snodaigh's question on bringing the report to the House, I have been charged by the Cabinet to make a report to it. My first report, therefore, will be to the Cabinet. It will then be a matter for Cabinet to adopt the proposals or otherwise. I will make the report available to the Cabinet, seek its comments and observations and then make a recommendation to Government. I will do that on the basis there are four former Minsters for Education and Science in Cabinet and obviously they would like to make their observations. I will take that into account.

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