Mr. Brendan Walsh:

On this point, we have worked extensively with our colleagues in the Departments of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Transport to ensure that Applus+ was able to secure additional work permits to ensure we have enough workers in the NCT service.

The first time I sat here we had 551 testers operating in the service; today there are 629. We will grow that up to around 670 towards the end of the year. Regarding the non-performance of Applus+, we have applied service credits that are allowed for within the contract which are a financial burden that Applus+ has had to pay the RSA.