Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

We would like to have it done in the same time, six to eight months. That would be the ideal. That would be what we would like to do, absolutely. We are working in a constrained environment. Prior to 2018 or 2019, the average spend on the scheme was €3,500. This year it is up to €22,000. We also at one point had to go to our colleagues in the Department of Social Protection to get applicants for the scheme.