Mr. Brendan Walsh:

I might begin to respond and will pass to Mr. Synnott to respond to the first of the Deputy's comments. The Deputy suggested pushing the test out by a year. We are a couple of months away from bringing the service back within the 12 days agreed in the terms of the SLA. That will allow us to get back to normal service. I am an ex-mechanic and my fear would be that if we allow individuals to take a hiatus, it will not do the vehicle, its owner or the public road user any good. We have gone through an extraordinary period since I joined the authority just over a year ago. We are now in a situation where there is light in front of us whereby we will have the service back to normal. I believe the frequency structure for the test at the moment is adequate. I am certainly of the view that we should look to change and consider new technologies, examine how they can be tested and how we need to legislate for future technologies around autonomous driving and all that type of stuff. I do not believe that now would be the right time to make the changes the Deputy has suggested because we are almost there. Mr. Synnott will speak to the first part of the Deputy's contribution.