Mr. Jim Breslin:

I was aware of the difficulty for registrants and the backlog that is there but I was not aware that Deputies had specific experiences of this. We have sought to work with the NMBI to get this issue resolved. We have recruited additional staffing for the registration process and the NMBI is about to introduce a proper call centre for taking calls and working through inquiries from people who are in the registration process. Although it will not be completely resolved, we hope to put a very big dent in it in the coming weeks and there is work under way on that.