Mr. Damien McCallion:

In terms of the backlog, when we have a definitive position, the first people we will write to are those who comprise the backlog. However, until we have a definitive position, we cannot do that. We must ensure we have that and it is not the case that we can just pick a date. We would love to have had this resolved months ago but it is not easy to source capacity in the current market or to attract people to Ireland. I need to reiterate very clearly that it has been hugely challenging to try to identify capacity. If it was there, I assure the committee that we would love to have plugged it in a long time ago. We now have very strong options and we are trying to close those out. Once we do that, we will then revert to the people who are waiting because they are, as the Deputy rightly said, the most important people and they need to understand what is happening.