Dr. Brenda Corcoran:

To answer Deputy Catherine Byrne's question, as I mentioned, over 95% of the girls who start the dose finish the course at either the second or the third dose. There are some girls who move away. The teams really try. They invite the parents or the girls to come to clinics. They go back into the schools. They do all they possibly can. Ideally, the second dose should be given within a year, but it is not too late for a girl to complete the course when the teams go back into the school. The teams really make a huge effort. No other country has the retention rate that we have, whereby over 95% of those who start complete the course.