Mr. Damien McCallion:

We cannot give an absolute guarantee, but clearly we are committed to having it introduced as quickly as possible. We have tried to isolate and secure additional resources with expertise that can help to guide us. For example, we recently appointed someone in the area of senior laboratory quality assurance, one of the areas Dr. Scally identified, in which we did not have pathology expertise. The man appointed had experience in Wales where he led on its programme and was involved on the laboratory side for eight years. It has been challenging to secure resources and expertise-----