Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

The current average time from the survey being carried out to works being allocated is four and a half months. From the works being allocated to completion, the period is five and a half months. We have 33 contractors in the scheme and we have been increasing the number of allocations to the contractors. That is, giving the work to them and driving the output. Of the 7,500 applications on the work in progress, approximately 3,000 of those homes have been allocated out to contractors, as we speak, and we will be doing the next allocation in May and April.