Mr. Brendan Walsh:

We will get the service back on track. I give the Senator this absolute commitment, but we must do it in the right way and in a fair way. Our colleagues in the Department of Transport have worked very well with us. Again, they had provided us with a permanent sanction previously. We went back and asked for more, but this request was based on the new data we were able to share with them and they worked very well with us in that regard. We will ensure, therefore, that these people are in place and that testing facilities are made available for the State.

What I will say as well, however, which is unfortunately probably a product of the country we live in, is that the number of people I see seeking tests even in the group aged from 30 to 39 is the second highest after those in the 17-to-19-year-olds category. It has increased by over 50%.