Brian Walsh (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending and for their presentations. I congratulate the Samaritans on their wonderful work and the Telecommunications and Internet Federation, TIF, on supporting that work.

I wish to follow up on the Chairman's question. In light of the level of engagement and discussion with the six telecom providers that are offering this service heretofore, are the Samaritans concerned that the service might be discontinued next March? I do not know whether the providers can answer my next question, but they mentioned a figure of €700,000. Is that the cost to them or is that the value of the calls that were made? If the industry's net cost was not €700,000, what was it?