Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They have a whole lot of other stuff on, including a round of rates collection. They have agreed to work with us on this to get the letters out by the middle of next month with a view to making payments before the end of the first quarter. We will work with them. If it goes slightly beyond that, we will try to make sure the timelines are as tight as possible but the intention at present is to get the payments out in the first quarter of this year.