Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I accept all of that, but the question I am asking is at a political level. The Minister did not make a commitment, but he did raise the issue. He said he would try to bring forward the test in September. This set expectations among women all over the country. I cannot remember the date, but I imagine that the announcement was made around June last year. Did the Minister seek advice on how feasible it would be to go live in September, given that we are now hearing that owing to the complexities involved, it might not even go live in this calendar year?