Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This might be a question for Mr. Breslin. Given the complexity - I absolutely accept the delegates' bona fides in saying they are trying to get this across the line as quickly as possible - the Minister set expectations in May or June last year, or whenever it was, when he said in the Chamber that he was aiming to have the HPV test go live in September 2018. We are hearing there is no guarantee, in spite of best efforts, that it will be live in 2019. In making the statement that he was aiming to have the HPV test in place by September of last year did the Minister seek advice and the detail about which we are now hearing of the difficulties experienced in going live?