Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is interesting to hear the figure of between eight and ten months. In our experience, it is greater than that. It is closer to one year for people we are dealing with in Cork. It is positive that the Department is looking at bringing in people to do the BER certification because that is the bottleneck. It gets people as far as the starting line and identifies who has the lowest rating and who is more vulnerable and most in need. Is the Department setting a target for those BER certifications with the new contract? If it is lining up people to come in to do those BERs, are they being told they have to be done within three weeks of application or are they being let work their way through? Is the Department setting clear and determinable targets, so that the more vulnerable people will be identified quickly?