Mr. Damien McCallion:

We will have to vary the opening hours. They are appointment based and it is important to remember this. It is not a case of turning up. People will be called in as we have supply and appointments to give them. Our aim is to get to either a five-day or seven-day service depending on the centre. Some centres will have the volumes to support seven days and others will be five days. We will have 26 centres open over the coming week and 19 have already functioned. Those opening this week will get a bedding-in period and, depending on the supply, the hours and days may have to vary. We must bear in mind they are appointment based and not walk-in so the public impact is less. The balance of the centres will open over other weeks. Some are also satellites of major centres so they will not be open every day in any case. The modelling for the centres is based on population and ensuring good coverage so people have a minimum journey time to get to the centre.