Dr. Colm Henry:

Our intent was to develop a centre within the Coombe hospital. That will certainly be ready in the second quarter of this year. It will not have the capacity to take over all testing, at least in the initial few years. We will continue to need to use Quest Diagnostics as a partner. This company performs all testing at the moment. It will take some years before all testing for the country is centralised in the laboratory at the Coombe. I foresee a need for a secondary partner such as Quest for some years to come. To reassure anyone who is listening, Quest provides an excellent service. That is reflected in Dr. Scally's review. We are confident that the arrangement we have with Quest will support the programme as we transition to the Coombe lab, beginning this year, and in the years to come.