Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes. We expect it to be up and running by the end of quarter 1 of this year. I do not have a specific date but that gives us a clear idea. We have done a significant amount of work to put in place the major IT system that will be needed to deal with a scheme to which 34,000 people will apply. We have put in place staff to oversee it. We have also put in place the training, and we spoke previously about trauma-informed training and the like that will be necessary for running this scheme. We are working on the communications aspect too. There will be an online application process, but we will also create a fully paper-based application process. A major public information campaign will be run in Ireland and internationally too. We continue, therefore, to be on track for launching this before the end of quarter 1 of this year.