Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

We worked with the board and the agency to support it as best we could in recruiting staff and responding to its needs. We and the board had a strong desire to begin to receive applications because with the establishment of the board it was important that it was able to begin to receive applications. The board indicated, following engagement with the Department, that it was in a position to begin to receive applications from early January 2014 and it proceeded on that basis. We knew it would be a challenge to do that but we felt Caranua was in a position to commence doing that and beginning to provide a service to the members.