Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In fairness, this issue has gone on for quite some time. We had a substantial reduction ten or 12 years ago but no increase in that period. We now have a concern where people are dropping out of the system and, therefore, we may run into problems. Are we talking about a timescale of the end of July, September or December? Surely we are entitled, and they are entitled, to have some kind of idea of the timescale when a decision can be made on this.