Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

I am happy to come to this committee and explain things as they are. I have to explain them as they are, and the reality is that there was an external factor here that nobody had anticipated. That is not ideal. I wish we were not in this position but we are, so I cannot tell the Deputy something that is not factually correct. It is factually correct to say there was a new piece of legislation that we had not anticipated that was not promulgated by our Department or Minister and it led to a significant delay. We wrote to the committee and told it that there would be a delay in July. I understand the Deputy's frustration. I know he is representing his constituents. I am sure he knows people who are on the wrong end of this. We understand that, but we are committed to fixing this. If it was easy, it would have been fixed long ago. It is not easy.